Jeff Bezosfounder of Amazon and the third largest fortune in the world, bought a property for 68 million dollars on the exclusive island of Indian Creek, known as the “Billionaires’ Bunker” and located in Miami Beach, in Biscayne Bay. ), national media reported this Friday.
The three-bedroom, 2.8-acre (1.1-hectare) mansion, built in 1965 facing the sea, was previously owned by MTM Star International, a company with ties to Panama.
Public records show that the sale took place last June and, although the identity of the final buyer was not revealed, the global business magazine Fortune points to Bezos, 59, as its owner. Prior to this real estate transaction, the last sale of the property was in 1982 for US$1.4 million.
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The village of Indian Creek, the “Billionaires Bunker”with only 41 residential lots, is home to personalities and magnates such as Jeffrey Soffer, Carl Icahn, Tom Brady, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
The Amazon founder, who, since stepping down as CEO in 2021, has been enjoying the good life with his fiancée, Mexican-born former journalist Lauren Sánchez, is looking to acquire other properties in the area, Bloomberg reports. .
Bezos and Sánchez, born into a Mexican-American family in Albuquerque, New Mexico, first made their relationship public in 2019. Since the two began dating, they have kept the details of their life together private, although they have been photographed while attending some events.
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The founder of the space company Blue Origin is also the owner of one of the most expensive superyachts in the world, the Koru, the luxurious three-masted schooner valued at US$ 500 million that is considered the largest in the world.
Source: EFE
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