Amazon founder bought two homes on private island for combined $147 million in recent months
In an Instagram post Thursday night, the billionaire said he’s moving to Florida to be closer to his aging parents and to the Cape Canaveral, Fla., operations of his space company, Blue Origin.
“I’ve lived in Seattle longer than I’ve lived anywhere else and have so many amazing memories here,” Bezos said. “As exciting as the move is, it’s an emotional decision for me. Seattle, you will always have a piece of my heart.” Last month, Bezos, 59, bought a $79 million, seven-bedroom mansion on a private island in Biscayne Bay, two months after buying the house next door for $68 million. He has other homes too, including ones in Washington, Manhattan and Maui.
Along with Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +0.65% co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Bezos helped build Seattle into a globally renowned tech hub. Bezos founded Amazon AMZN, +0.78% in 1994, out of his garage in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, Wash. Bezos currently ranks as the world’s third-richest individual, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a fortune of about $161 billion.
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Jeff Bezos trades Seattle for Miami to move closer to parents and Blue OriginRachel Schilke is a breaking news reporter at the Washington Examiner. Originally from Frankfort, Illinois, she graduated from the University of Iowa in May 2022 and served as a managing editor at the Daily Iowan with a focus on crime and courts and local government. Follow her on X: rachel_schilke.
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