Rich like billionaire Jeff Bezos: Real estate spread across America

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced on Twitter that he will be moving to Miami after 29 years in Seattle. In August, the billionaire spent $68 million on a waterfront mansion in Miami’s Indian Creek neighborhood. Two months later, he spent another $79 million on the mansion next door.

It's not the first time Bezos has spent huge amounts of money on real estate.

Neighbors of tech billionaires in Washington

Bezos and his ex-wife lived for decades on a nearly 24,000m2 plot of land in Medina, Seattle, Washington.

Jeff Bezos' residence in Medina, a suburb of Seattle (Photo: Business Insider).

In 1998, Bezos paid $10 million for a property on the shores of Lake Washington. Twelve years later, he spent another $45 million on the land next door, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported.

On this plot, his family lives in a 24,000-square-foot mansion with 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms and a list price of 53 million USD. Jeff Bezos' neighbors in the area include Bill Gates as well as many other technology and media entrepreneurs.

Months after their divorce in 2019, Bezos spent $45 million on four properties in another upscale neighborhood of Medina. The most expensive purchase was a $37.5 million purchase in Hunts Point, a neighborhood with fewer than 400 residents.

Jeff Bezos's estate in the wealthy area of ​​Medina (Photo: Business Insider).

Own a series of apartments in New York

His first major New York purchase was a $7.65 million purchase of three apartments in Manhattan in The Century building, which he bought in 1999 from former Sony Music executive Tommy Mottola. In 2012, Jeff Bezos bought another apartment in the building for $5.3 million.

In 1999, Jeff Bezos bought 3 apartments in New York for 7.65 million USD (Photo: Business Insider).

Two months after completing his divorce, Jeff Bezos is said to have spent about $80 million on three apartments in New York.

Bezos bought a penthouse and two other apartments at 212 Fifth Avenue (Photo: Business Insider).

Buy a large valley in Texas

His next big real estate investment was a 150,000-acre valley near Van Horn, Texas, in 2004. Bezos spent millions of dollars renovating the land, which is primarily used as the headquarters of his aerospace company Blue Origin.

The valley in Texas is home to aerospace company Blue Origin (Photo: Business Insider).

California's Biggest Real Estate Deal

Bezos also owns many expensive properties in Beverly Hills, California, and Los Angeles.

He made the largest transaction in California real estate history when he bought a mansion for $165 million from billionaire David Geffen. David Geffen bought the mansion in 1990 for $47.5 million. The mansion has a tennis court, swimming pool and a 9-hole golf course.

The villa was bought by Jeff Bezos for $165 million (Photo: Google Maps).

Buy a home in Hawaii

In 2021, Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez bought a house in Hawaii. According to The New York Times, Bezos paid about $78 million for this house.

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