by BILL HEANEY
A superyacht worth around £300million departed the Firth of Clyde today after spending more than a week at James Watt Dock in Greenock.
Destiny left Gibraltar earlier this month before arriving in Inverclyde on August 21.
The Dutch-built yacht, which features a glass-bottomed pool, a helipad and a Jacuzzi, launched in April.
Destiny, owned by trillionaire investment company Blackstone. Picture by George Munro
She is reportedly owned by US billionaire and Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, who previously served as chairman of US President Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum.
Destiny set off for Oban this morning (Monday), leaving Greenock shortly before 9am.
Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. It was founded in 1985 as a mergers and acquisitions firm by Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman, who had previously worked together at Lehman Brothers.
Blackstone’s private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last three decades, while its real estate business has actively acquired commercial real estate across the globe.
Blackstone is also active in credit, infrastructure, hedge funds, secondaries, growth equity, and insurance solutions. As of September 2025, Blackstone had $1.2 trillion in total assets under management, making it the world’s largest alternative investment firm.
Pictured above: The James Watt Dock in Inverclyde.