Overview
- An Oct. 14 SEC filing shows 9% beneficial ownership with sole voting power over 964.3 million shares and authority to dispose of about 883.3 million.
- Disclosures cite more than 100 million shares sold over the past year plus gifts of over 500,000 shares to charities.
- Earlier filings outlined two 25-million-share sale plans this year with estimated proceeds of roughly $5.0 billion and $5.4 billion.
- Bezos’ stake has steadily fallen from over 43% at the 1997 IPO to 14.1% in 2021 and 10.1% in November 2024.
- Amazon closed at $216.39 on Tuesday for a $2.3 trillion market value as Forbes pegged Bezos’ net worth at about $229.7 billion.