In response to a Friday financial filing, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is promoting as much as 25 million shares of Amazon inventory over the subsequent 13 months.
The shares are value about $4.8 billion on the present worth.
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Final 12 months, Bezos offered $13.5 billion value of Amazon shares, which CNBC notes was the primary time he offered firm inventory since 2021.
Bezos began Amazon in 1994 and is the corporate’s prime shareholder. He stepped down as CEO in 2021.
It is unclear why Bezos is promoting now, however uncertainty over tariffs and the market has different billionaires hoarding cash. Plus, the Blue Origin founder’s lavish wedding to fiancée Lauren Sánchez is reportedly happening in Venice, Italy, subsequent month, although the couple has denied stories that the occasion “of the century” might price greater than half a billion dollars.
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Bezos is at the moment the No. 2 richest particular person on the earth with a web value of $212 billion, in line with Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index. The majority of his wealth comes from his Amazon shares.
Amazon is the No. 4 greatest company in the world as of press time, with a market cap of simply over $2 trillion.
