Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week sold more than $3.1 billion worth of shares in his company, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The sales were part of a prearranged 10b5-1 trading plan, according to the filings., Bezos sold more than $4.1 billion worth of shares in the company. The sales this week bring his total cash out in 2020 to slightly more than $7.2 billion so far.
He still owns more than 54 million shares, worth more than $170 billion, making him the richest person in the world.he's selling about $1 billion of Amazon stock a year to fund his space exploration company, Blue Origin.The sales come one week after Bezos
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