How does the founder of Amazon live

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Founder and CEO Amazon Jeff Bezos owns 17% of the empire, and his fortune is estimated at about $ 84 billion. So where does this person live?

According to The Observer, although his company is headquartered in Seattle, Wash., Bezos owns five houses throughout the country and is the country's 25 largest landowner.

Here are the five main possessions:

1. Medina, WA

Bezos owns two houses of 5,3 acres, in the same area as Bill Gates. Writes Wall Street JournalIn 1998, he paid 10 million dollars in real estate. The area of ​​one house is 1 913 square. meters It has five bedrooms and four bathrooms. The second house, an area of ​​771 square. It also has five bedrooms and four bathrooms. It is located right on the shores of Lake Washington. The estate was reconstructed in 2010 for $ 28 million.

2. Beverly Hills, California

Bezos bought this Spanish-style mansion in 2007 for $ 24,45 million. Seven-bedroom house is positioned by the magazine Dream homes magazine like a greenhouse, where there is an illuminated tennis court, a huge swimming pool, four fountains and a garage for six cars.

3. Beverly Hills, California

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Apparently, the first house did not meet the requirements of Bezos. In July of this year, he bought a relatively modest four-room apartment for $ 12,9 million, which is located next to his first house.

4. Van Horn, TX

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As a child, Bezos spent the summer on the ranches of his grandparents in the state of Texas, so he bought a ranch in the same state so that his family would also spend the summer here.

5. Van Horn, TX

The property is also a base for Blue Origin, private space company Bezos. In 2006, the company acquired a plot of about 770 square. km in the state of Texas to build a launch facility and other facilities. In the same year, the test flight of the first prototype took place.

The remaining areas of the cosmodrome are occupied by the installation building, test benches, a training center for commercial passengers, a landing zone, etc.

6. Washington DC

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Bezos bought this former textile museum in the Kalorama district in Washington, DC, for $ 23 million in 2016. The area of ​​the house is 2 508 square meters, it was built in 1912 year and is included in the National Register of Historic Places.

7. Manhattan

In 1999, Bezos bought three villas in the building Century at 25 Central Park West, in the upper western part of New York near the former head Sony Music Tommy Mottola. The purchase cost him $ 7,65 million. The Art Deco style 32 storey building was built in 1931. There is a concierge, an elevator and three separate entrances.

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