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  3. Media mogul David Geffen’s gigayacht turns heads in Portland

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  5. Thank God Billionaire David Geffen Is Safe (On His Massive Yacht In The Grenadines)

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  6. David Geffen Assures Us He's Isolating on His $590 Million Yacht

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  1. One of the world's biggest yachts is in Maine

    The Rising Sun, a 450-foot gigayacht owned by billionaire David Geffen, is the 20th largest yacht in the world, according to the Robb Report. Tied to the docks of Portland's waterfront, tourists and locals passing by had mixed opinions of knowing such a wealthy boat owner was in town.

  2. Lavish and looming, gigayacht bobbing in Portland harbor attracts

    To entertainment mogul David Geffen, the 82-room, $400 million gigayacht floating in the Portland harbor is merely a part-time home. A boat that is worth $381 million more than the most expensive ...

  3. Media mogul David Geffen's gigayacht turns heads in Portland

    Media mogul David Geffen's yacht "Rising Sun" made an appearance in Portland this week. The massive vessel has hosted countless A-listers. If you have to ask what a gigayacht is, you probably can ...

  4. Gigayacht spotted in Portland Harbor attracts attention

    The yacht, named Rising Sun, is owned by billionaire entertainment mogul David Geffen, according to CBS News. ... Geffen's gigayacht is the 20th largest in the world, according to the Press ...

  5. Massive yacht turns heads along Maine waterfront

    The "Rising Sun" is owned by billionaire media mogul David Geffen. The so-called giga-yacht is one of the 20 largest yachts in the world. It is 452 feet long, and five stories high with 82 rooms ...

  6. RISING SUN Yacht • David Geffen $400M Superyacht

    The Rising Sun Yacht, initially built for Larry Ellison, is now owned by David Geffen. Built by Lürssen and designed by Jon Bannenberg, this 138-meter yacht is among the largest in the world. It features luxurious amenities like a movie theater, spa, wine cellar, and helicopter landing pad. The yacht can accommodate up to 16 guests, has a crew ...

  7. Gigayacht arrives in Portland Harbor

    The gigayacht, owned by music mogul David Geffen, is five stories high and 453 feet long. ... Geffen's gigayacht is the 20th largest in the world, according to the Press Herald.

  8. Lavish and looming, gigayacht bobbing in Portland harbor attracts

    Rising Sun, a five-story, 82-room, $381 million gigayacht owned by billionaire David Geffen, was docked in Portland on Monday. Geffen is No. 229 on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a net worth of $9.14 billion. Rising Sun has a gym, a wine cellar, a spa, a movie theater and can accommodate up to 16 guests and 45 crew members, according to ...

  9. David Geffen's 82-Room Megayacht Docks in Portland, Maine

    Thus when the world's 10th largest yacht, David Geffen's 453-foot long Rising Sun docked there recently, it caused quite a sensation. The five-story, 82-room yacht took up enough space for ...

  10. Who Owns the $400M 82-Room Gigayacht Seen in This Maine Harbor?

    The Portland Press Herald explained in part that "a yacht is typically at least 30 feet long, a superyacht is 80-100 feet long, a megayacht is 200 feet, and a gigayacht is over 300 feet long.". The yacht, currently docked in Portland Harbor, is a whopping 453 feet in length, WGME reported, and is run by a crew of 45 people and features at least half a dozen decks, has a built-in wine cellar ...

  11. Inside The Rising Sun: David Geffen's $590 Million Superyacht

    Since 2010, David Geffen has owned the yacht. Geffen bought half of the share of the 454-foot megayacht in 2007 and decided to buy the yacht in full in 2010 which totaled his payment for $590 million. The exact estimated value of the yacht is still unclear but as of 2019, the yacht was valued for $300 million. After Geffen bought it, he had the ...

  12. Billionaire David Geffen's yacht makes refueling stop in New Bedford

    Rising Sun, a 454-foot superyacht partly owned by billionaire American business magnate and Hollywood film executive David Geffen, made a refueling stop in New Bedford Harbor, docking at the ...

  13. Letter to the editor: Counterpoint on the Geffen gigayacht

    The Aug. 23 front-page article "Lavish and looming, gigayacht bobbing in Portland Harbor attracts curiosity and contempt" was extremely unwelcoming and cold to owner David Geffen, his crew and ...

  14. One of the world's biggest yachts is in Portland Harbor

    The "gigayacht" is owned by multibillionaire David Geffen, who produced music for legends like Bob Dylan, The Eagles and Dreamworks movies like "Shrek."

  15. Rising Sun (yacht)

    Rising Sun is a motor yacht designed by Jon Bannenberg, and built in 2004 by Germany's Lürssen at their Bremen shipyard for Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, and last refitted in 2007. [ 1] Rising Sun has been owned since 2010 by businessman David Geffen, who had initially bought a half share of the yacht in late 2006.

  16. Inside The $650 Million Yacht of David Geffen

    Take an exclusive tour aboard David Geffen's $650 million yacht in our latest YouTube Shorts video, "Inside the $650 Million Yacht of David Geffen". Discover...

  17. Gigayacht in Portland harbor attracts curiosity, contempt

    The 82-room, $400 million vessel owned by entertainment mogul David Geffen is the 20th largest in the world. The yacht is named Rising Sun. The 82-room, $400 million vessel owned by entertainment mogul David Geffen is the 20th largest in the world. Open in Our App.

  18. David Geffen and his megayacht Rising Sun are still at large

    David Geffen may have stopped posting pics from his megayacht after backlash, but that hasn't stopped others from buzzing about his boat, Rising Sun. The $590 million yacht was seen this week ...

  19. How David Geffen's $400M Megayacht Became One of the ...

    Sadly, the Rising Sun will mostly be remembered as Geffen's notorious, $400 million-worth self-isolating toy. This, even though it remains mysterious to this day, with very few details known ...

  20. Rising Sun's refit at Lürssen shipyard

    As readers know, Larry Ellison shared the ownership of this gigayacht with media mogul David Geffen for almost four years, but Geffen became sole owner of her at the end of 2010. Following this. sale, Rising Sun was back at her native shipyard for refit, at the Lürssen yard in Bremen where she was launched in 2005. As usual with this German ...

  21. Jeff Bezos and the secretive world of superyachts

    Some brokers have even taken to the term "gigayacht" to refer to ships longer than 300ft. ... After Hollywood billionaire David Geffen posted online about being "isolated" on his yacht in a ...

  22. The Age of the Superyacht

    Take the case of David Geffen, the former music and film executive. He is long retired, but he hosts friends (and potential friends) on the four-hundred-and-fifty-four-foot Rising Sun, which has a ...

  23. David geffen's tiny boat

    Gigayacht spotted in Portland Harbor attracts attention. A $400 million gigayacht floating in the Portland Harbor is turning heads.

  24. David Geffen

    Mr. Geffen lamented the downsizing of the $500 million David Geffen Hall project at Lincoln Center. "New York should have the best of everything," he said. By Robin Pogrebin and Michael Cooper