. for the solar airplane see sunseeker i. sunseeker international type subsidiary industry luxury motor yachts headquarters poole united kingdom key people phil popham ceo robert braithwaite founder and managing director revenue 320 million 2013 owner dalian wanda group number of employees approximately 2 230 2008 website sunseeker.com the sunseeker factory on the poole waterfront . the company makes luxury motoryachts two of which are seen outside . predator 95 100 is on the left . the sunseeker fire assembly point . sunseeker international is a british luxury motor yacht manufacturer . its headquarters and main assembly facility is in poole harbour at poole in dorset england . the company has been making motor boats since 1969 . 2 chinese conglomerate dalian wanda group owns the company since 2013 . 3 it is the largest uk based luxury yachtmaker measured by 2012 revenues . 4 contents 1 profile 2 appearance in popular culture 3 example 4 see also 5 references 6 external links profile edit manufacturing is undertaken mainly in poole in seven production plants and shipyards . an additional deep water shipyard is used to build the 105 yacht and larger vessels . in march 2007 the company announced a 500 job expansion program with a new site on the isle of portland 5 a new factory is being developed at new quay road poole . in october 2002 robert braithwaite the founder of sunseeker international was named ernst & young s uk entrepreneur of the year . 6 in 2006 robert braithwaite led a 44 million mbo of the company backed by bank of scotland . 7 the company features in the 2008 sunday times list profit track 100 of the most profitable non listed companies and in the top track 250 list of mid sized non listed companies . in 2010 irish private equity firm fl partners took over ownership of sunseeker through a debt restructuring deal after sunseeker posted losses the previous year . 3 4 on 19 june 2013 it was announced that the chinese conglomerate dalian wanda group had agreed to buy a 91.8 % stake in sunseeker for 320m . as reported it has been promised that the day to day running of sunseeker in poole will be unaffected with its 2 500 strong workforce keeping their jobs . the deal is set to be sealed by mid august . 5 in january 2015 phil popham was appointed as the company s new chief executive officer . 6 appearance in popular culture edit sunseeker boats have featured in the james bond film series since 1999 . the relationship began with the world is not enough famously chasing up the thames in the pre credits sequence and continued through die another day casino royale and quantum of solace . this latest outing showed sunseeker s new 37m yacht and the superhawk 43 ; it also featured a cameo role for sunseeker s then managing director robert braithwaite in one of sunseeker s very first open cockpit speedboats the sovereign 17 . 8 there was a one off 2016 bbc 2 documentary about the brand named britain s biggest superyachts chasing perfection 9 which showed the building of the new sunseeker 131 yacht example edit sunseeker regularly updates its yacht collection with new yachts or improved versions of already released yachts . below is a description of one the yachts in the sunseeker collection their specifications and where they can be chartered . sunseeker predator 115 launched 2013 the sunseeker predator 115 also known as chimera was launched in spring 2013 . features the predator 115 has 5 cabins meaning it has room for 10 guests . she also features a large on deck dining area and a spa tub . specifications the yacht is 34.5 metres in length with a draft of 2.38 metres . she has a maximum speed of 24 knots and her cruising speed is 18 knots . charter the predator 115 is available for charter in the mediterranean and the adriatic sea . 10 see also edit fairline boats princess yachts references edit sunday times top track 250 list pub oct 2008 entry no. 88 1 sunseeker confirms acquisition by dalian wanda rapoza kenneth 19 june 2013 . chinese billionaire buys james bond u.k. yacht maker . forbes . retrieved 13 october 2013 . luxury yacht maker s 500 new jobs . bbc news . 14 march 2007 . clark emma 8 october 2002 . sunseeker scoops entrepreneur award . bbc news . sunday times top track 250 list 2008 james bond 007 mi6 the home of james bond britain s biggest superyachts chasing perfection bbc two . bbc . retrieved 2016 07 02 . 2 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to sunseeker . official website v t e wanda group film amc theatres kerasotes theatres open road films co owned with regal entertainment group odeon cinemas star theatres starplex cinemas uci cinemas legendary entertainment legendary pictures legendary east legendary digital networks geek & sundry nerdist industries amy poehler s smart girls asylum entertainment legendary comics oriental movie metropolis wanda cinemas hoyts wanda media wuzhou film distribution sports atl tico madrid 20 % infront sports & media world triathlon corporation other sunseeker retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sunseeker & oldid 730566200 categories british boat builderscompanies based in pooleyacht building companiesdalian wanda grouphidden categories commons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aishrvatskilietuvi svenska edit links this page was last modified on 19 july 2016 at 20 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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