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From basketball courts to floating helipads, here are the megayachts owned by some of the wealthiest people in tech

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  • Billionaires can afford toys that most people can only dream of: private planes, penthouse apartments, and even entire islands.
  • Some billionaires have taken to purchasing multi-million-dollar yachts, complete with movie theaters and dance floors, that they can use to host family and their other wealthy friends.
  • Here are some of the tech elites who own private yachts.

Some billionaires, like Elon Musk and Bill Gates, buy private planes to take control of the open skies others purchase yachts to access the open seas.

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There aren't too many tech billionaires with yachts. Perhaps it's because while private planes can be used for work-related trips and quick time-saving flights, yachts are generally relegated to play. The yachts of tech billionaires, like Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page, reflect that view their boats are decked out with amenities like gyms, spas, pools, nightclubs, and movie theaters.

If you want to find out what life is like aboard these multi-million-dollar yachts, some of them are available to rent out for a few nights or weeks at a time. For instance, chartering the yacht owned by Alphabet President Sergey Brin has cost past customers $773,000 a week .

Here are the yachts owned by tech billionaires:

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SEE ALSO: Chocolate for breakfast and freshly killed goat for dinner. Here are the diets of notable tech billionaires.

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