Everton-linked Russian Alisher Usmanov's super yacht has £30m gold staircase and lounge
dailystar.co.ukSanctioned oligarch Alisher Usmanov owns a £455million super yacht with a £30m gold staircase and its own football lounge. Usmanov, whose net worth stands at a mind-boggling £9.8billion, was sanctioned by the UK government seven days after Russia invaded Ukraine.
His assets were frozen and he was banned from visiting the country. The metals magnate previously sponsored Everton through his company USM - a link that was terminated following the invasion of Ukraine.
He also owned shares in Arsenal between 2007 and 2018 before selling them to the club's majority owner Stan Kroenke. As well as his love of football, Uzbek-born Usmanov also enjoys the finer things in life, not least his £455million super yacht complete with all the trappings you might expect from a man with too much money.The boat, which is currently moored in the German city of Hamburg, boasts a 30m indoor pool, surrounded by blue crystals and palatial columns.
Usmanov evidently has a love of gold because inside one of the bedrooms, all the fixtures and fittings - including even the toilet seat - are made out of the precious metal.Gold isn't the only thing Usmanov loves.
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