Billionaire Larry Ellison scrambles to rename yacht after coming to horrifying realization about its name

Bogdan Hofbauer

A billionaire was once forced to rename his superyacht after coming to the horrifying realization of what it spells out when placed in front of a mirror. Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison had just christened his new German-built yacht Izanami, blissfully unaware that reversing the name produces the phrase “I’m a Nazi.” The 81-year-old reportedly selected the name from Japanese mythology, after the Shinto goddess associated with both creation and death. Ellison, who has close family connections to