Bezos sold shares worth about US$8.5 billion over nine trading days in February — the first time he disposed of company stock since 2021. The additional sales would bring his total this year to roughly US$13.5 billion, according to calculations by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Jeff Bezos disclosed a plan to unload 25 million additional shares of Amazon.com Inc. worth US$5 billion ($6.76 billion) on the day the stock hit a fresh record.
The notice was filed after the market closed Tuesday, though sales could also take place as early as that day, according to the filing.
