Where is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos kicking off the new year? If the location of his $500 million yacht Koru is any indication, the answer is St. Barthelemy, or St Barts for short. The French-speaking Caribbean island is a luxurious hot spot for billionaires, where visitors can relax on beautiful beaches, shop designer brands, and, naturally, enjoy some privacy. Of course, many of us are waking up today at home, not on an island.
Jeff Bezos is one of the richest men in the world. The Amazon founder, who is worth an estimated $245 billion, shelled out $237 million on his Miami compound where he currently resides with his wife, Lauren Sánchez. And when he moved there, the sale of his Seattle home was the most expensive home ever sold in Washington State at $63 million. But the fourth-richest man in the world spent even more on his superyacht-more than double, to be exact.
Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos sold his Seattle mansion this spring after about two years of living in Miami with his wife, Lauren Sánchez. It's the most expensive home ever sold in Washington state as of April, the Puget Sound Business Journal first reported, at an eye-popping $63 million, property records show. Bezos, who is worth $237 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, bought the 9,420-square-foot property in 2019,
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