Jeff Bezos filed a statement with federal regulators indicating his sale of nearly 12 million shares of Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock worth more than $2 billion.
The Amazon executive chairman notified the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of the sale of 11,997,698 shares of common stock on Feb. 7 and Feb. 8.
The collective value of the shares of Amazon, which is based in Seattle where he founded the company in a garage about three decades ago, was more than $2.04 billion, according to the listed price totals.
The stocks were grouped in five blocks between one million and more than 3.2 million.
In a separate SEC filing, Bezos listed the proposed sale of 50 million Amazon shares around Feb. 7 with an estimated market value of $8.4 billion.
Bezos stepped down as Amazon’s CEO in 2021 to spend more time on his other projects, including the rocket company, Blue Origin, and his philanthropy. His address on the stock filings is listed as Seattle, although he reportedly has relocated to Miami.
Bezos still owns about 976 million shares of Amazon. The plan, made public in the company’s annual report, was adopted last November as part of the SEC’s rule to sell up to 50 million shares before January 2025.
AMZN shares gained 29 cents to open Monday at $174.74.
