Jeff Bezos attends at “The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Energy” World Premiere in August, 2022.
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Amazon founder and government chairman Jeff Bezos unloaded greater than 14 million shares of his firm valued at roughly $2.4 billion, bringing the overall offered for the reason that begin of the month to 50 million.
The gross sales started late final week and continued by Tuesday, in line with a securities submitting. In whole, Bezos offered 14,006,906 shares within the firm for about $2.37 billion, the submitting states.
The gross sales had been executed underneath a prearranged buying and selling plan that Bezos adopted in November and disclosed earlier this month, which mentioned he might promote as much as 50 million Amazon shares earlier than Jan. 31, 2025.
Bezos offered about 12 million Amazon shares, value roughly $2.03 billion, final week, along with one other tranche of 12 million shares simply days earlier than. He unloaded one other 12 million shares the week earlier than that.
Bezos hadn’t offered Amazon’s inventory since Could 2021, the 12 months he stepped down as Amazon’s CEO, previous to the most recent flurry of gross sales. He gifted about $240 million value of Amazon shares final 12 months.
Bezos’ inventory gross sales have accelerated since he introduced final November he would go away Seattle and transfer to Miami, permitting him to be nearer to fiancée Lauren Sanchez and his mother and father, in addition to Blue Origin’s operations.
Clarification: This story has been up to date to mirror that Bezos unloaded round $2.4 billion in inventory
