Overview
- In 1999, Ellison bought a 191-foot German-built yacht named Izanami, a reference to a Shinto deity.
- Local press noted the name read “I’m a Nazi” backward, a detail Ellison recounts in the 2013 biography Softwar.
- He renamed the vessel Ronin and later sold it.
- The story resurfaced this week after New York Magazine profiled David Ellison, drawing fresh attention to the family’s media ventures.
- Social media users mocked the mishap with comparisons to TV satires, while reports noted Ellison’s Jewish background and past pro-Israel giving, including a reported $16.6 million FIDF donation.