Motivation: Billionaire’s 394ft Yacht

“Does money motivate you?” is sometimes a question young monkeys face in banking interviews. On one hand, yes, of course it does. On another extreme, an unhappy millionaire is almost as common as a schizophrenic hobo. Though, perhaps billionaire Andrey Melnichenko can offer some advice.

To the common folk, Melnichenko appears to be just a regular Russian blessed by the fortunes of graft that contribute to most of Russia’s top .01%. The squinty-eyed, partly balding fellow made most of his money through a fertilizer monopoly. In 1999, he realized that finance also makes decent money and co-founded MDM Bank, which became one of Russia’s largest privately owned banks within ten years. Eventually, his oodles of money roped in Yugoslavian model Aleksandra.

Today, Melnchenko enjoys nothing more than knowing that he has a much more awesome mega yacht than rival Ruski billionaire, Roman Abramovich. I will not delve into too many details about Melnchenko’s 394ft yacht, dubbed “A,” but I will say that it has everything exquisite that you have never heard of. Take for instance the stingray hide furniture, $40,000 shower knobs, hand-stitched calf hide trim, or, my personal favorite, a rotating bed that offers a 360-degree view of any sunset.

So while money might not completely motivate you, “A” is the perfect excuse to grind out extra hard during your analyst years, just so, one day, you too may cruise the British Virgin Islands with your supermodel wife.