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Today we’re diving into a world of riches that can only be experienced by the top one percent of the one percent.
Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of about $117 billion.
He is known as the man who climbed ahead of Bill Gates as the wealthiest man on the planet, and he also happens to own a little company called Amazon.
Pretty much everyone has shopped on Amazon at least once, and when they do, Jeff Bezos gets a little bit richer.
So, we thought we’d take a look at what the man worth billions decides to do with his money.
Surprisingly, the man is rather frugal when it comes to spending in general, but he certainly loves his cars, and he definitely has a thing for buying fancy houses.
Without further ado, here are the 15 most expensive things Jeff Bezos owns.
While he claims that he drives a $2,000 Honda Accord to work every day, Jeff Bezos certainly loves expensive cars.
One of his least expensive sports cars is his Ferrari Pininfarina Sergio.
This car retails for about $3 million! It is a brick red convertible with black accents.
When the top is down on this car, it exposes the entire vehicle – there is no front windshield.
This car looks like it could fly it has so little resistance.
With low LED running lights, this Ferrari could ride through the city streets incognito, and that is probably why Jeff Bezos loves it.
He keeps this in his private garage, and we would too. A minor scratch on this car would cost more to fix than most of us spend on a new one.
As if driving a $3 million Ferrari weren’t enough, the world’s richest man also owns a Bugatti Veyron Mansory worth about $3.5 million.
This is a mid-engine sports car designed by Volkswagen of all companies.
It’s named after the legendary racer named Pierre Veyron. The car is very futuristic looking.
It’s white and black and has a very rounded design.
Bezos seems to keep this car out at his multi-million-dollar lake house in Washington.
Adding to Jeff Bezos’ amazing sports car collection is this pristine, 50th-anniversary edition Lamborghini Veneno.
The front of the car is aerodynamically designed for maximum air flow.
This helps it reach amazing speeds without any drag.
For maximum speeds, it’s also equipped with a smooth underbelly.
The car is white with red and black accents. It has a quad-muffler and a very smooth body style.
You can tell just by looking at this car that it goes fast, and it’s nice and quiet. A perfect addition to any billionaire’s collection.
In addition to fancy cars, Jeff Bezos loves to buy pricey real estate.
When he was with his ex-wife, Mackenzie, they had four children together, so this huge mansion in Beverly Hills was just perfect.
He bought this house because it was right next door to the Beverly Hills home he bought in 2007.
This one is about 4,500 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms.
The property has a double-gated circular drive with over 2 acres of land and a giant swimming pool.
The house wasn’t even on the market, but Bezos’ people managed to suss out that it was available, and he scooped it right up.
In 1999, Bezos bought 3 adjacent condos in the Century building in Central Park West in New York City for a little under $8 million.
He bought the condos from the head of Sony Music, Tommy Mottola.
He liked the properties and the building so much that he then bought another unit for 5.3 million the same year.
He now owns a total of 4 condos in the Century building.
They’re said to have an amazing view of Central Park.
It’s rumored that he’s looking to buy 3 more condos in the city for the low, low price of $80 million.
Bezos bought this house back in 2016.
It’s said to be the biggest house in all of Washington D.C.
He has been renovating the property ever since he purchased it.
There is a lot of speculation about who will get this house in the divorce. But, for now, it still belongs to Bezos.
He originally bought the house because Amazon was planning on splitting up their headquarters,
with one of their main locations being moved to D.C.
However, those plans changed and Bezos never actually moved into the D.C. home.
We guess time will tell what happens to it now that the divorce is official.
Bezos, along with fellow billionaire Bill Gates, enjoys a tiny part of the tiny town of Medina, Washington.
The town, right outside of Seattle, is said to have amazing views of the waterfront.
In fact, Bezos owns one of the giant waterfront homes there.
He enjoys his privacy in this quiet town, behind the comfort of his gated driveway.
Medina is said to be where a lot of technology and software bigwigs live.
We guess Jeff Bezos feels at home there.
Jeff Bezos made one of his earlier real estate purchases back in 2007 when he bought a 12,000 square foot home in Beverly Hills.
The property lies on more than 2 acres and is now right next door to Bezos’ adjoining property.
This house is about 2 to 3 times larger than the other house.
The house has 7 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms and is a certifiable mansion.
It sits on a street that was home to Hollywood legends such as Jimmy Stewart, Walter Matthau and Donna Reed.
Jeff Bezos and his company bought a mountain out in the Sierra Diablo Desert right on the Texas-Mexico border years ago.
But recently he partnered up with engineer and inventor Danny Hollis to build a 500 foot-tall clock that is meant to last for over 10,000 years.
The clock is being built right inside the mountain.
It is designed to click exactly one time per year for the next 10,000 years and to withstand at least a billion clicks.
This project sett Bezos back about $42 million.
What would a billionaire be without his private jet? And Jeff Bezos does not disappoint.
He owns a Gulfstream G650ER.
It was built in 2015 and is worth at least $65 million, although it is rumored that Bezos paid closer to 75 million for the aircraft.
Anyone who is anyone knows that Gulfstream is the only way to go.
It can accommodate as many as 18 passengers, which may come in handy now that Bezos’ divorce is final.
He may be entertaining a lot more often now.
If you'd like to see if this jet made it onto our top 10 most expensive private jets in the world list, click in the top right corner to find out.
The Washington Post was founded in 1877 and became Washington, D.C.’s first newspaper to be published seven days a week.
It remains Washington D.C.’s most popular newspaper with the largest circulation in the area.
Of course, The Washington Post is also known nationally for its news stories and analysis.
In 2014, Bezos took over ownership of the 142-year-old paper with a $230 million deal.
We couldn’t resist putting this one on the list, although the billionaire and Amazon spokespeople now deny the yacht belongs to Bezos.
However, when he was spotted on the vessel, sources reported the Amazon billionaire did actually own this superyacht worth more than $400 million.
Some believe that the rumors of his buying the yacht were going to hurt his divorce settlement
so it’s just a matter of time now before Bezos reclaims ownership of the vessel.
Speculation of his owning the yacht started back in 2017 when the Lurssen Yacht building company was said to have been commissioned in secret to design the yacht.
It was referred to as “Project Redwood.” We can’t swear that it belongs to Bezos, but all fingers point to him.
Way back in 2004, when he was only worth about $50 billion, Jeff Bezos bought about 165,000 acres of farmland in Van Horn, Texas.
While there is no record of exactly what he paid for it, or what it’s worth,
when you consider the average cost per acre in that area of Texas, we estimate it to be worth about $900 million.
The property was bought as the base for his space company, called Blue Origin.
In 2015, the company launched its first spaceship called New Shephard.
A lot of what goes on down there is top-secret.
But we do know that Bezos has a modest ranch house built and he stays there when there are Blue Origin launches.
About ten years ago, Bezos invested a ton of money into starting this company.
There is a lot of secrecy surrounding the company and Bezos keeps information about it close to the chest.
Blue Origin is headquartered near Corn Ranch, a property owned by Bezos in Van Horn.
There is a launch site and engineering and space center.
Bezos intends to be one of the first private individuals to launch a person into space.
And, we imagine that Blue Origin might just help him get there.
Here we are at number one on our list.
The most expensive thing that Bezos owns happens to be a rather risky investment.
The Whole Foods grocery chain was already in trouble when Bezos decided to buy it in 2017 for the bargain price of $13.7 billion.
He thought that once he revamped their delivery service and online presence he’d be able to make it profitable again.
That still remains to be seen.
But how many people do you know that could make a $13 billion gamble and be just fine whether it works out or not?
So there you have it, the 15 most crazy expensive things Jeff Bezos has spent his billions on.
And it doesn’t look like Bezos is going to slow down anytime soon does it?!
In fact, he is among a handful of people who are in the running to become the world’s first trillionaire.
Now that we’ve gone through the list, we’d like to know:
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And, of course, for sticking with us until the end, here's your bonus...
Bezos and his ex-wife MacKenzie announced their separation in January 2019, and their marriage was officially dissolved three months later.
MacKenzie retained a 4% interest in Amazon after the divorce.
But don't be fooled, this tiny ownership interest is said to be worth more than $37 billion, making her the third richest woman in the world.
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