Equanimity Yacht Jho Low
The notorious 91 5 meter motor yacht equanimity built for malaysian fugitive financier low taek jho described as one of the most opulent vessels ever built has been renamed tranquility and gone on sale by the yacht brokers camper nicholsons international in monaco for an undisclosed price rumored to be us 200 million.
Equanimity yacht jho low. The equanimity is perhaps the second most famous vessel in the ocean now after the rms titanic which sank in 1912 no thanks to jho low. The 90m ship formerly owned by jho low also known as low taek jho failed to sell at auction last year after being seized by the malaysian government and is now docked at the northern island of. The yacht was seized in february off the indonesian. The tranquility yacht was built by oceanco as equanimity.
He is chairman of genting group active in leisure. Tranquility previously known as equanimity is a 91 50 m 300 2 ft superyacht launched at the oceanco yard in alblasserdam with oceanco responsible for the exterior design while winch design worked on the interior. The us filed criminal charges against former owner jho taek low in a in a money laundering investigation. The cayman islands registered equanimity belonged to jho low a fugitive malaysian financier with links to former prime minister najib razak.
Allegedly owned by jho low it had been reported to be valued at somewhere in the us 250 million ballpark. The yacht built in 2014 at an estimated cost of us 250 million that. Lim kok thay is the owner of the yacht tranquility. A superyacht seized by malaysia s government from fugitive financier low taek jho a central figure in the 1mdb scandal has found a buyer in casino company genting malaysia bhd.
The yacht was allegedly purchased by malaysian financier jho low using money stolen from the malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1mdb. Defined by the oxford dictionary as calmness and composure especially in a difficult situation we reckon jho low will need all the equanimity he can get.