Giulio Riggio

Based in the Fraser office in Palma de Mallorca, Giulio has more than three decades of experience in international yacht brokerage with a large list of sold vessels. Born in Sicily, he went to a technical school in Palermo then spent a year in the USA travelling, after which he returned to Germany and obtained a boatbuilding degree. During this time he also built his own 37 feet steel sailing boat and sailed her to Mallorca.

After two Atlantic crossings on a Jongert, Giulio began his brokerage career with Dahm International in Palma. He then joined Lürssen Yachts Spain with Jurgen Koch and became a co-founder and partner of Koch Newton & Partners which later became Merrill Stevens Yachts Palma.

He is also an accomplished helicopter photography/ pilot, logging 2500 hours of flight time during his time in Germany. A true sailor at home in any port, Giulio speaks Italian, German, English, Spanish and French and is happily married with two young crew members age 16 and 18.