Jeff Bezos seems on from the sidlines earlier than kickoff between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers at GEHA Discipline at Arrowhead Stadium on September 15, 2022 in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. The Amazon founder and chairman is among the world’s richest males.
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought roughly $2.03 billion of shares in his firm over the previous few days, in response to a regulatory submitting, bringing his complete gross sales this month to over $6 billion.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Bezos bought about 12 million Amazon shares at a median worth of $169.50 a share.
The gross sales had been executed below a buying and selling plan that went into impact in November. Bezos may finally promote as much as 50 million shares of Amazon, in response to the corporate’s annual submitting. Bezos bought about 12 million shares, price $2 billion, between Friday and Monday, and bought one other 12 million shares the week earlier than that.
The gross sales this month mark the primary time Bezos has bought Amazon inventory since Might 2021, the yr he stepped down as Amazon CEO, though he gifted about $240 million in Amazon shares final yr.
In November, Bezos stated he would depart Seattle and transfer to Miami, permitting him to be nearer to his area exploration firm Blue Origin, in addition to to the household of fiancée Lauren Sanchez’s household. The transfer may even probably save him tons of of thousands and thousands of {dollars} in taxes on the share gross sales.
Bezos is at present the world’s third-wealthiest particular person, with a internet price of $191.4 billion, in response to Forbes. His Amazon holdings have dipped to 952.26 million shares from 976.25 million shares after his February gross sales.
— CNBC’s Annie Palmer contributed to this report.
