The 95.2-metre Lürssen superyacht Whisper, delivered as Kismet in 2014 and now associated with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, has returned to the brokerage market with a reported €149 million asking price.
The 95.2-metre Lürssen motor yacht Whisper has returned to the brokerage market with a reported asking price of €149 million, placing one of the best-known large yachts of the past decade back among the most significant yachts currently being offered for sale.
Business Insider reported on 18 August that the yacht is being offered at $172.5 million. Separate current reporting identifies Will Christie of Christie Yachts with the sale mandate and gives the asking price as €149 million. Christie Yachts' public website currently continues to present Whisper through its charter profile rather than through a dedicated public sale page, so the sale mandate and asking price should be understood as currently reported brokerage information.
Whisper is associated with former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, who acquired the yacht in 2023 after she had previously belonged to Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan. The reason for the decision to return the yacht to the market has not been publicly disclosed.
Built by Lürssen and delivered in 2014, the yacht was originally named Kismet. Lürssen's official profile describes her as a 95-metre entertainment-focused superyacht, with exterior design by Espen Øino International and her original interior by Reymond Langton Design.
The design placed considerable emphasis on entertainment and guest use across five decks. Lürssen highlights two helicopter landing areas, a private observation platform with an outdoor bed for stargazing, and a sun-deck swimming pool whose aft section also forms a skylight above the lift shaft.
The yacht's combination of size, recognisable profile and established Lürssen pedigree has kept her prominent well beyond her original delivery. Her change from Kismet to Whisper followed the 2023 ownership change.
The timing of the reported sale is particularly notable because Whisper has recently undergone substantial interior work rather than returning to the market in an unchanged 2014 configuration.
Christie Yachts' current official profile gives her length as 95.2 metres and confirms an extensive 2025/26 interior refit by Michael S Smith. The broker lists accommodation for 12 guests in seven cabins.
Among the yacht's principal guest features are a panoramic master cabin with fireplace and skylight, a dedicated spa with hammam, spa pool, cold plunge pool and steam shower, a gym with fold-down sea terrace, a beauty salon, cinema room and a 12-metre mosaic swimming pool on the sun deck.
That recent investment is relevant to buyers considering yachts at this scale. A yacht approaching 100 metres represents not only a substantial acquisition cost but also a major programme of maintenance, class, technical and interior expenditure. Recent refit work can therefore materially affect the comparison between an existing yacht and the lengthy process of commissioning a comparable new custom build.
A reported €149 million asking price places Whisper firmly in the upper tier of the international brokerage market. At this level, however, the advertised asking price should be distinguished from any eventual transaction value: the final consideration in a superyacht sale is normally private and may differ from the public asking figure.
The proposition is also unusual because opportunities to acquire established yachts approaching 100 metres remain relatively limited. A prospective buyer is purchasing not only scale but an already operational platform with a decade of service history, recognised design authorship and substantial recent interior investment.
For buyers assessing Whisper, the central questions will therefore extend beyond headline price to survey findings, machinery condition, class requirements, future capital expenditure and the extent to which the recent interior programme reduces near-term refit requirements.
Alongside the reported sale offering, Christie Yachts continues to promote Whisper for charter. Its current public profile lists both low- and high-season rates at €1.2 million per week, excluding operating expenses and applicable taxes.
The yacht therefore returns to the sales market with an established public charter profile rather than as an otherwise unseen private vessel. Her combination of 95.2-metre scale, Lürssen construction, recognisable design and recent interior work makes the reported listing one of the more consequential additions to the large-yacht brokerage market this year.