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Miami - Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and the second richest person in the world, bought a new property - his third - on the exclusive island of Indian Creek, known as the 'Billionaire Bunker' and located in Miami Beach, in Biscayne Bay in South Florida (USA), for $90 million (€83 million), national media reported on Tuesday.
The transaction was made off-market and, according to Bloomberg, the tycoon plans to reside in this six-bedroom mansion while he demolishes the other two houses he previously bought on this island.
Property records show that the luxurious home was last sold in 1998 for $2.5 million.
“That’s the hottest place in the country right now (Indian Creek). If there’s one thing the wealthy elite want, it’s a bit of exclusivity,” a source familiar with the area’s real estate market told the New York Post.
Bezos, 60, acquired two other properties in October and June of 2023 for $79 million and $68 million respectively, located in the "Billionaires' Bunker".
The village of Indian Creek, with only 41 residential lots, has a country club, its own police department and is home to personalities and magnates such as Jeffrey Soffer, Carl Icahn, Tom Brady, Julio Iglesias, Jared Kushner or Ivanka Trump.
Bezos also owns other properties in Washington, Maui and Beverly Hills, the latter of which he bought for $165 million in 2020, according to Bloomberg.
The Amazon founder, who since stepping down as CEO in 2021 has been enjoying the good life with his fiancée, former Mexican-born journalist Lauren Sanchez, was looking to acquire properties in Indian Creek.
Bezos and Sánchez, who was born into a Mexican-American family in Albuquerque, New Mexico, first went public with their relationship in 2019. Since they began dating, they have kept the details of their life together private, although they have been photographed at some events.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Bezos has a fortune of $203.7 billion.
Bezos has sold about $8.5 billion worth of Amazon shares in recent months, after "not selling off shares of the company since 2021," Bloomberg reported.
The founder of the space company Blue Origin also owns one of the most expensive superyachts in the world, the Koru, the luxurious three-masted schooner valued at $500 million that is considered the largest in the world.
