Found on ChatGPT: Lawyers described how the CEO of Revolut bought the yacht that sparked a legal dispute

Nick Storonsky, the founder of the fintech company Revolut, purchased a superyacht worth €350 million ($404 million) after identifying its former owner using a search on the ChatGPT chatbot, his lawyers stated in court documents. Bloomberg reported on this.

Storonsky, whom Bloomberg calls the wealthiest billionaire in the United Kingdom, became a defendant earlier this year in a lawsuit filed by yacht broker Cecil Wright. The company claims that, at the request of Storonsky’s family office, it selected a 102-meter yacht under construction at the German shipyard Lürssen, and then discovered that the entrepreneur had purchased the yacht directly from its owner—Canadian businessman and former hockey player Patrick Doidge. The broker accused Storonsky of evading payment of a commission of approximately €17.5 million.

In documents filed with the High Court in London, Stronsky’s lawyers deny the allegations, according to Bloomberg. They claim that Cecil Wright himself misled the businessman’s family office by concealing the identity of the yacht’s previous owner. According to the documents, negotiations to purchase the yacht through Cecil Wright fell through after the vessel’s former owner—an unnamed Brazilian entrepreneur—was arrested in November 2025 on fraud charges.

Dovigi originally commissioned the yacht, but sold it to a Brazilian buyer while it was still under construction. After the Brazilian buyer was arrested, a Canadian bought the yacht back and then resold it to Storonsky.

“Mr. Storonsky already knew that Mr. Doidge was the yacht’s previous owner. He determined this by searching ChatGPT for publicly available information,” said the Revolut founder’s lawyer.

According to the defense, Cecil Wright’s team did not introduce the businessman to Dovidji and did not negotiate the deal. The lawyer added that Storonsky learned the identity of the Brazilian shipowner from a broker only three days after his arrest.

A Revolut spokesperson declined to comment. Representatives for Cecil Wright, Dovidge, and the Lürssen shipyard did not respond to requests for comment.

According to Bloomberg, Storonsky’s net worth is estimated at approximately $20.4 billion. In April, the entrepreneur announced that the company plans to go public, but not before 2028. According to Financial Times sources, Revolut intends to nearly double its valuation to $200 billion before going public. If this plan comes to fruition, Revolut could make its founder one of the wealthiest people in the industry—with a fortune of about $76 billion, Bloomberg reported.

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