"Inside Jeff Bezos’s Massive Real Estate Portfolio"

From Architectural Digest, December 29:

The Amazon founder has invested hundreds of millions into properties all across the U.S

When Jeff Bezos isn’t launching himself into space, he’s on the hunt for another trophy property to add to his already-impressive real estate portfolio. Earlier this year, the Amazon founder reportedly acquired a 14-acre compound in Hawaii for a whopping $78 million in a mysterious deal (more on that later) which brought the value of his real estate holdings to an astronomical $578 million, if not more. The billionaire has picked up several properties in his home state of Washington, a number of New York City apartments, a few sprawling estates in California, a ranch in Texas, and a number of places in Washington, D.C. Below, we’ve rounded up all of the homes the entrepreneur owns in the U.S.—so far.

1998

The Medina neighborhood of Seattle sits on Lake Washington, and Bezos’s home there features 

310 feet of private shoreline and a boathouse. Photo: july7th / Getty Images

Several years after Bezos founded Amazon, he put down $10 million for what has largely been his primary residence over the past few decades. It comprises two homes measuring 20,600 square feet and 8,300 square feet, respectively, situated on about 5.3 acres in the exclusive Medina neighborhood of Seattle (Bill Gates also owns a home there). In 2010, the Albuquerque native invested $28 million to renovate the property. That same year, Bezos reportedly bought the property next door, a 24,000-square-foot house that came with an additional five acres. The Tudor–style home was listed for $53 million at the time, but it is unclear what the billionaire ended up paying for the purchase. Bezos still owns this massive compound.

1999

A view of Manhattan’s Central Park West, where The Century is located.
Photo: Michael Lee

The following year, Bezos reportedly paid Sony Music executive Tommy Mottola $7.65 million for three units in a building called The Century in Manhattan’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. At the time, it was believed to be used as a pied-à-terre for Bezos and his then-wife MacKenzie, as well as for his parents Miguel and Jacklyn Gise Bezos. More than a decade later, in 2012, it was reported that he paid $5.3 million for another adjacent 1,725-square-foot unit....

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