How Amazon founder Jeff Bezos spends his $166 billion, from 10,000-year underground clocks to flying to the edge of space

One of the wealthiest and most recognizable figures in the tech world is Jeff Bezos.

Recent years have brought him a high-profile divorce, a trip to the edge of space, and his departure from the role as CEO of the company he founded.

William Shatner was flown to the edge of space by Blue Origin, a space exploration company owned by the 58-year-old. He has been busy trying to get his megayacht past a historic Dutch bridge, as well as traveling the globe with his girlfriend.

According to Forbes, he has amassed a fortune of $166 billion over the years. He spends it on everything from real estate to travel.

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In August, Bezos became the first person to hit a wealth milestone that no one else has achieved.

According to Forbes, Bezos is the first person in human history to have a net worth over $200 billion, thanks to the surge in Amazon's share price during the swine flu epidemic. Since then, it has dropped to $166 billion.

Bezos doesn't plan to keep all of the money he's made so far this year. He promised to donate $100 million to food banks in April 2020 because of the economic crisis caused by the Pandemic.

In March 2020 Bezos wrote "My own time now is entirely focused on how Amazon can best play its role." "We won't stop looking for new opportunities to help, and Amazon will continue to do its part."

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A historic antitrust hearing in front of the House House Antitrust Subcommittee on July 29 saw Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testify alongside Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.

In his testimony, Bezos said that Amazon's size benefits consumers, sellers, and the US economy and that it still faces competition from Walmart.

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