YachtWorld


YachtWorld is an online directory of several different kinds of new and used yachts for sale. YachtWorld is headquartered in the market town of Fareham, England and a subsidiary of Apax Partners.

History

YachtWorld.com was established in March 1995. In 2000 it became part of boats.com, Inc. and in September 2004, Boats.com, Inc was purchased by Trader Publishing Company,a joint business venture of Landmark Media Enterprises and Cox Enterprises. In September 2006, Landmark Media Enterprises and Cox Enterprises split the assets of Trader Publishing and YachtWorld became part of Dominion Marine Media, a subsidiary of Dominion Enterprises, LLC which was in turn a subsidiary of Landmark Media Enterprises. On August 1, 2016 Apax Partners acquires Dominion Marine Media and on February 17, 2017, Dominion Marine Media is rebranded to Boats Group, LLC.
Today, Sam Fulton is CEO at Boats Group which includes the leading marine brands of YachtWorld, Boat Trader, boats.com, Cosas de Barcos and YachtCloser.
June 1, 2017, Boats Group including YachtWorld decides Miami is the place to be, anchors headquarters.
In 2012, YachtWorld launched an iPad application. and in 2015 relaunched its websites to be full responsive.

YachtWorld Market Index

, a subsidiarity of Apax Partners publishes YachtWorld Market Index. A report that provides global sales information to the marine industry. The index is released every quarter