Jeff Bezos has a trading plan for the sale of up to 50 million Amazon shares by January 2025, according to a Feb. 2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). At the current share price, the securities would be worth around $8.6 billion. Bezos previously served as Amazon’s CEO and is currently Executive Chairman of the e-commerce giant.
With a net worth of $200 billion as of Feb. 11, 2024, Bezos is the world’s second-richest person, behind Elon Musk ($209bn), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The figures in the index are updated at the close of every trading day in New York.