BlogIt’s Amazon Prime Days, with thousands of deals on things you need, and things you didn’t even know you needed.
As millions take advantage of great deals on the world’s largest online retailer, let’s take a look at the man behind the company, and what our purchases this week help pay for.
Estate in Beverly Hills, California
Jeff Bezos owns at least two homes in a very private community outside Seattle, but he also owns one of the most expensive estates in California. He bought the property from David Geffin in 2020. He dropped a record-setting $165 million on the estate, and promptly began to renovate the property. The mega mansion was originally owned by Warner Bros. czar Jack Warner.
It has a 14,000 square foot main house (which he’s adding on to), two guesthouses, a pool, a nursery, multiple hothouses, and even a nine-hole golf course. Rumor has it the wood floors were imported from France, and are the same floors that Napoleon stood on when he proposed to his love, Empress Josephine.
Another Mansion in Beverly Hills, California
It’s not enough for him to have the most expensive property in Beverly Hills, he already had a mansion he bought in 2007 for $24 million.
The house, powered by solar energy, has a distinct Spanish design and decor, seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms, a media room, outdoor gardens, guest houses, a six-car garage, and gorgeous views of the LA skyline.
And the One Next Door
Jeff bought the house next door in 2017, for about $12.9 million. Compared to other properties, this house is “small” at only 4,000 square feet. Perhaps he just bought it for privacy or for visiting friends. With a net worth north of $130 billion, it’s pocket change for Jeff.
Mansions in Washington, D.C.
Like on the west coast, Jeff bought houses next to each other in Washington, D.C. around the time he bought the Washington Post newspaper. First, he purchased the former Textile Museum for $23 million and the house next door, which is attached to make going between them even easier. He immediately began massive renovations estimated at another $12 million. He designed the home to have 11 bedrooms, 25 bathrooms, five living rooms, and two elevators. No word on the cleaning staff for the toilets.
The way the homes are connected, it allows for the massive estate to be divided into a more private, residential section and a section designed for entertaining.
And in 2020, he bought a $5 million estate across the street. Because, why not?
Triple Penthouses in New York City, New York
If it’s not clear by now, everything Jeff does is to the extreme, so it should come as no surprise to learn than when he decided in 2019 to buy property in NYC, he bought not one, or two, but three luxurious apartments for $80 million. The purchase was one of the most expensive of the entire year.
The apartments overlook Madison Square Park, and include one three-floor, 10,000 square foot penthouse that includes a ballroom! The next year, he bought a fourth unit in the same building.
Amazon’s Birthplace, Bellevue, Washington
Jeff’s massive real estate investment which totals more than half a billion dollars would not have been possible without his online retailer Amazon being such an incredible success. And the story behind its humble beginnings is just as impressive as his current collection of coast to coast homes.
Way back in 1995, Jeff started an online bookselling business in the garage of his rented house in a Seattle suburb. His parents lent him $250,000, and he was off. Within a few years, he was selling all sorts of things, and has since become indispensable to millions of customers around the world who rely on his front door delivery model.
And less than 30 years later, Jeff is one of the very richest people in the world, and his business is the largest online retailer, and largest retailer outside China.
Blue Origin Launch Site, Texas
Jeff’s vision is not limited to online retail, or even high-end real estate. Pretty soon after Amazon became highly successful, he started plans for sub-orbital and space travel. While much slower than hoped, his business Blue Origin has made incredible, out-of-this-world progress.
From a launch site in the west Texas desert, Blue Origin has successfully launched reusable rockets into space, and even a few short crewed missions! Eventually, Jeff hopes to reduce the cost and increase the safety of space travel so much that space tourism will be a thing of the near future.
From his rented garage to a launch site in Texas, it’s clear that Jeff Bezos has plans so big and magnificent that most of us can’t even imagine what they could be. So, if you’re on the website this week, making a purchase on a great deal, take a moment to think that today you may be on his website buying a new outfit or game, but someday soon, you might be booking travel into space. Jeff has proved, anything is possible.
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