Jeff Bezos: The richest man in the world, but what is his wealth?

21.01.2019 / 01:48

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Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world, with his wealth valued at $ 134 billion. It can only be measured by the GDP of Angola or Hungary. Recently, Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, announced they would divorce. The info sheet eventually shows how the billionaire would be split between the two.

AMAZON

Most of Bezos's wealth comes from its 16.3 percent stake in Amazon.com Inc., which is valued at $ 132.2 billion (by November 28, 2018). He also receives an annual salary of $ 81,840 and $ 1.6 million for a security team.

MEDIA

Bezos in 2013 bought The Washington Post. He also invested an unknown amount in the digital edition of Business Insider.

RETAIL ESTATES

His properties include two houses in Beverly Hills, a former textile factory turned into a Washington DC museum, a ranch in Texas, two houses in Medina, Wash. The price Bezos has paid for the house in Medina and the ranch are not known.

PRIVATE JET

He owns the Gulfstream G650ER. This type of aircraft can rise up to 7,500 meters above sea level and can accommodate up to 19 passengers or 10 sleepers. The seats in the plane are hand-made.

BEZOS EXPEDITIONS

It is a private investment company of Bezos. Through it he acquires shares of many companies, including he also has a share in the start-up for space transportation - Blue Origin. According to the Amazon founder, he has invested roughly $ 1 billion of his personal annual profit in Blue Origin.

Through Bezos Expeditions, he purchases shares in the following companies:

AirBnB, Basecamp, Business Insider, Convoy, Denali Therapeutics, Domo, D-Wave, Everfi, FundBox, General Assembly, General Fusion, GlassyBaby, Grail, Juno Therapeutics, Maker Bot, Mark43, NextDoor, Plenty, Pioneer Square Labs, Remitly, Rescale, Sonder, Stack Overflow, Twitter, Uber, Vicarious, Workday, Zocdoc.

Source: The Wall Street Journal

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Jeff Bezos: The richest man in the world, but what is his wealth?

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