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Bezos sells nearly $2 billion worth of Amazon shares
CNBC ^ | 5-5-21 | Annie Palmer

Posted on 05/06/2021 6:13:33 AM PDT by dynachrome

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week sold nearly $2 billion worth of shares in his company, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission compiled by OpenInsider.

Bezos sold roughly $684 million worth of Amazon shares on Tuesday, the filings show, after unloading about $1.27 billion worth of stock on Monday. That means he’s sold about $1.95 billion worth of Amazon shares over the past two days.

The transactions were made as part of a prearranged 10b5-1 trading plan, according to the filings. Representatives from Amazon weren’t immediately available to comment on the latest sale.

The Amazon founder previously said he’d sell about $1 billion in Amazon stock each year to fund his space exploration company, Blue Origin, which continues to grow and on Wednesday announced it will launch its first astronaut crew to space this summer.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amazon; bezos; stock
A rival to musk in space exploration.
1 posted on 05/06/2021 6:13:33 AM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Sell high ?

The corona effect may be waning, and the profit growth curve will not remain


2 posted on 05/06/2021 6:17:04 AM PDT by z3n
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To: dynachrome

A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking real money.


3 posted on 05/06/2021 6:22:16 AM PDT by Roadrunner383
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To: z3n

Guess he doesn’t wish to pay the ASSETS TAX” Pelosi wants.

Wonder if that is also behind the GATES divorce???


4 posted on 05/06/2021 6:23:48 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: ridesthemiles

Jeff Bezos has a new girlfriend named Melinda and she says she needs the money ...


5 posted on 05/06/2021 6:26:48 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: dynachrome

Before the Biden taxes steal 56%......


6 posted on 05/06/2021 6:27:10 AM PDT by G Larry (Force the Universities to use their TAX FREE ENDOWMENTS to pay off Student loan debt!!!)
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To: dynachrome

Before the Biden taxes steal 56%......


7 posted on 05/06/2021 6:27:10 AM PDT by G Larry (Force the Universities to use their TAX FREE ENDOWMENTS to pay off Student loan debt!!!)
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To: dynachrome

After yesterday in South Texas, Bezos isn’t a rival to Musk.
The #1 comment on the success of SpaceX is “JEFF WHO?” Bezos can’t even put anything into orbit.
Falcon9 owns the launch industry right now, better, cheaper, and able to do what everyone else just wishes they could do. At prices that are putting all the rest of them out of business. Bezos is just burning money without results so far. Maybe he can catch up, but Musk keeps moving the goal posts. I’m betting on SpaceX getting back to the Moon and getting to Mars first.


8 posted on 05/06/2021 6:38:26 AM PDT by King_Corey (Buy SILVER and GOLD to hedge against the coming market destruction of FIAT currency)
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To: dynachrome

Diversification is smart.

Selling before Uncle Joe’s tax increase is smart, too.


9 posted on 05/06/2021 6:41:03 AM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: dynachrome

Stop buying from Amazon, they have conservatives and the company destroys any competition through price manipulation.

Stop funding your enemies


10 posted on 05/06/2021 6:43:55 AM PDT by PMAS (Vote with your wallets, there are 80 million of us - No Amazon, No Chy-Na made )
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To: ClearCase_guy
The right is now claiming that both Bill and Melinda Gates are transgender.  : TheRightCantMeme
11 posted on 05/06/2021 7:11:44 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: dynachrome

The crash is coming.


12 posted on 05/06/2021 7:17:12 AM PDT by Whatever Works
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To: dynachrome

Or buy more friends in D.C..


13 posted on 05/06/2021 8:00:47 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: fireman15

Seen that Win 95 launch celebration where they’re dancing? Gates has an odd waistline shape.


14 posted on 05/06/2021 8:55:06 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: dynachrome

His girlfriend is costing him a lot of money.


15 posted on 05/06/2021 9:03:56 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: z3n

How does one sell that amount? Does he tell Charles Schwab he wants to sell and they charge him $7 for the trade?
How quick do the shares sell?

I have sold stock but just shy of nearly $2 billion so do not know the steps...


16 posted on 05/06/2021 9:06:42 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: Gene Eric

The odd thing is that people who have some sort of mental disorder or have gone through some type of severely challenging event(s) in their lives often create things that are innovative.


17 posted on 05/06/2021 9:11:19 AM PDT by fireman15
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