Jul 3, 2024, 1:41 PM | Updated: Jul 4, 2024, 10:56 am
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is seen on the sidelines before the start of an NFL football game. (Photo: Charlie Riedel, AP file photo)
(Photo: Charlie Riedel, AP file photo)
Founder and Executive chairman of Amazon Jeff Bezos is doing a bit of profit-taking by shedding stock, and he’s doing it in the right place. According to a regulatory filing, he’s selling 25 million Amazon shares worth $5 billion.
Miami is now Bezos’s official residence and Florida does not have a capital gains tax. Had Bezos stayed in Seattle, he would have been subject to Washington’s capital gains tax.
At 7%, Bezos may have had to pay approximately $350 million in taxes. The city also has a capital gains tax he may have been subject to. In total, Bezos saved almost $1 billion by moving to South Beach.
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According to GeekWire, the proposed sale on Tuesday came as Amazon’s stock closed at $200 per share, its highest price since the company’s 1997 NASDAQ listing. Amazon’s stock is up more than 50% in the past 12 months, marking a big bounceback from 2022 amid the tech downturn.
It’s not the first time Bezos dumped a bunch of Amazon stock. In February, he sold about $8.5 billion worth of Amazon shares, his first sale of company stock since 2021.
Since leaving the top job at Amazon, Bezos has focused on philanthropy and his rocket company, Blue Origin.
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