Jeff Bezos unloads over 3M Amazon shares worth $737M in June

July 1, 2025

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.


Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos waving from a boat in Venice.
Jeff Bezos, who married Lauren Sanchez on Friday, sold 3.3 million shares for $736.7 million, after adopting a 10b5-1 trading plan in March, a filing showed. REUTERS

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.