Jeff Bezos sold Amazon shares worth about $737 million in June

July 1, 2025 5:55 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in the Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol before the luncheon on the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump's second Presidential term in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/ File Phot

(Reuters) -Amazon founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos sold shares worth almost $737 million in the e-commerce giant in late June, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

Bezos, who founded Amazon in 1994, sold 3.3 million shares for $736.7 million, after adopting a 10b5-1 trading plan in March, showed the filing, made after the market closed.

After the sale, Bezos will own about 905 million Amazon shares. He sold stock worth almost $5 billion last year.

Bezos married journalist Lauren Sanchez on Friday evening during a star-studded wedding extravaganza in Venice. He is ranked the fourth-richest person in the world with a net worth of $234.4 billion, according to Forbes.

(Reporting by Juby Babu in Mexico City; Editing by Alan Barona)



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