Jeff Bezos Has Gained $10 on Mystery Purchase of One Amazon Share
This is the first time the billionaire has purchased Amazon stock since at least 2002.
Jeff Bezos, chairman and co-founder of Amazon.com Inc.
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Jeff Bezos, the world’s third-richest person, did something strange two weeks ago: He bought a single share of Amazon.com Inc. for $114.77.
The share purchase, disclosed in a filing, is his first in records going back to 2002. The Amazon founder is better known for selling — he’s unloaded roughly $30 billion worth of stock since 2002 to fund his various pursuits, from rocket company Blue Origin to personal pleasures like his new $500 million superyacht Koru.