The Florida teen who soared to fame tracking Elon Musk’s non-public jet has turned his sights on the yachts of Russian billionaires.
Jack Sweeney, a freshman on the University of Central Florida, began tracking the plane of Russian oligarchs on the finish of February. Now he’s following their yachts because the tycoons come beneath growing sanctions strain following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Sanctions on Russia’s elite are seen by many as a method to improve strain on President Vladimir Putin, who counts billionaires like Yevgeny Prigozhin and Igor Sechin as a part of his inside circle. Italy and France have seized the superyachts of a number of oligarchs in latest days as authorities seeks to forestall them transferring their belongings.
Sweeney began tracking the non-public jets of Russia’s super-rich after receiving numerous requests. Using an inventory of planes being tracked by a weblog known as “Radar Spots”, Sweeney arrange a Twitter account that has garnered greater than 390,000 followers in simply days. – Bloomberg
