Bezos Wraps Up 50 Million Amazon Stock Sale Netting $8.5 Billion

Jeff Bezos Photographer: Robert Perry/EPA/Bloomberg 
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Jeff Bezos unloaded 14 million Amazon.com Inc. shares worth about $2.4 billion, finishing in just nine trading days the plan he disclosed earlier this month to sell up to 50 million shares.

The latest transaction, which brings his cash out total to $8.5 billion, took place over three trading days ending Tuesday, according to a regulatory filing. Before his selling spree, the world’s third-richest person hadn’t disposed of company stock since 2021.