Inside The World's Largest Private Yacht

It is 180 meters long, reportedly cost more than $600 million, and to this day not a single confirmed photograph of its interior has ever been released. This is Azzam — the largest private motor yacht on Earth — and the story of how the richest family in Abu Dhabi built a ship the size of a small cruise liner, and then kept it a secret for over a decade. In this deep-dive we cover the record-breaking scale (590 feet — longer than a US Navy destroyer), the almost unbelievable engineering (47,000 horsepower, two gas turbines, a top speed of over 32 knots on a draft of just 14 feet), the secret 29-meter pillarless main salon, the owner Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the rumors that surround the ship, and why — even as the 195-meter REV Ocean prepares to take the "longest yacht" record — Azzam will remain the largest private motor yacht ever built. CHAPTERS 0:00 The Most Secret Ship on Earth 1:17 180 Meters · $600 Million 2:24 Bigger Than a Warship 3:13 Built in Total Secrecy 4:17 47,000 HP · 32 Knots 6:08 The Interior No One Has Seen 7:46 Who Owns Azzam 8:55 The Rumors 9:37 Losing the Crown: REV Ocean 10:27 The Point of It All KEY FACTS (all figures reported/estimated) • Length: 180.6 m (≈590 ft) — longest private motor yacht in the world • Reported cost: US$500m–605m (widely cited as the most expensive yacht ever built) • Builder: Lürssen (Germany) · launched 5 April 2013, delivered 9 September 2013 • Exterior: Nauta Yachts · Interior: Christophe Leoni · Project director: Mubarak Saad al Ahbabi • Power: 2 gas turbines + 2 diesels ≈ 47,000 hp, four water-jets · top speed 30+ knots • Draft: ≈4.3 m (14 ft) · ≈13,000 GT · main salon 29 m, no pillars • Capacity: up to 36 guests / 18 staterooms / ~80 crew • Commissioned by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE & ruler of Abu Dhabi (d. 2022) • "Azzam" means "resolute" / "determined" in Arabic Note: This is a documentary of luxury. All prices, specs and net-worth figures are the best publicly reported estimates and may vary between sources. Reported security features (e.g. missile defense, bulletproof glass) are unverified rumors and are presented as such. Music: "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... #Azzam #Superyacht #LargestYacht #Billionaire #LuxuryYacht #Megayacht #AbuDhabi #BillionaireAtlas