$190M in Seattle Real Estate, Two Miami Mansions

A 2022 Land Report named Bezos the country’s 24th-largest landowner, with 420,000 acres to his name.

Over the years, he’s picked up several New York City apartments, a ranch in Texas, and homes in Washington state, California, and Washington, DC.

Many of the neighborhood’s mansions are hidden away behind gates and protected by elaborate security systems.

The three units in The Century building on Manhattan’s the Upper West Side were purchased in 1999 from the former Sony Music head Tommy Mottola, The Observer reported at the time. 

More than a decade later, in 2012, he bought an additional unit in the building, $5.3 million in 2012, making him the owner of four condos in the building.

The Art Deco building was built in the 1930s, and boasts a concierge, elevator attendants, and three separate entrances.

As of 2021, Bezos and his ex-wife appear to still own the four units.

In 2004, Bezos purchased Corn Ranch, an 165,000-acre stretch of land outside of Van Horn, Texas.

While he reportedly told the local paper he bought the property so his family would get the chance to live on a ranch like he did when he visited his grandfather as a child, it seems he’s mainly has been using the land for his aerospace company Blue Origin’s rocket launches.

The U-shaped ranch house seen above is a remnant from the seller, who told The Wall Street Journal that he put “millions” into renovating it. Behind the home is a bunkhouse that sleeps 12 people.

As his space company has grown, he’s added to his Texas acreage.

Bezos and other passengers were onboard when Blue Origin successfully completed its first passenger spaceflight in 2021.

He spent $23 million on the property, which dates back to 1912 and has a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, The Washington Post reported.

The Obamas purchased an $8.1 million property nearby in 2017, which marked the second-most expensive transaction in the neighborhood — after Bezos’ — The Washington Post reported.

It’s been reported that Bezos may have also purchased the home across the street January 2020 for $5 million, though Insider could not confirm he owns the property.

The largest property of the 2019 spending spree was a $37.5 million waterfront estate in Hunts Point, an exclusive neighborhood with fewer than 400 residents. The home has 300 feet of coastline, a rooftop deck with a fireplace, and a glass bridge connecting to a two-story guesthouse.

He purchased two more modest homes in Hunts Point around the same time, which his neighbors said are used for security and other staff, including a chef.

He also purchased a staff home in the nearby Yarrow Point. The home is now for sale with a listing price of $4.4 million

The spread included a three-story penthouse and two units directly below it. 

It was the priciest real estate deal south of Manhattan’s 42nd Street, appraiser Jonathan Miller told The Wall Street Journal at the time.

Bezos has since purchased two more units inside the prewar building. In 2020, he spent $16 million on an additional unit, and purchased a $23 million apartment in the building in 2021.

The purchases brought his grand total to $119 million of real estate in the one building, which has a fitness center, golf simulator, game room, and movie-screening room, according to the property’s website.

He first bought property in the cushy neighborhood in 2007, shelling out $24.45 million for a mansion that had tennis courts, a guesthouse, a six-car garage, and a pool, the Los Angeles Times reported at the time. In 2017, he bought the house next door for $12.9 million.

Scott seems to have gotten both of those homes in the divorce. Last year, she donated the two mansions to a housing charity.

The estate was designed for Jack Warner — the former president of Warner Bros. Studios — in the 1930s. 

The most expensive home sale in California’s history at the time, Bezos purchased the house for $165 million from David Geffen, who bought it in 1990 for $47.5 million.

Like many of his other homes, privacy is key at the Warner Estate. Hedges surround the nine acres on which the 13,600-square-foot home sits. 

Bezos paid about $78 million for the Maui home, according to The New York Times.

In the weeks leading up to the purchase, Bezos made several donations to local organizations — including Hawaii Land Trust and Mālama Family Recovery Center, local news site Maui Now reported.

Sanchez announced that she and Bezos would donate $100 million to help Maui after neighborhoods on the island were devastated by fires.

“Jeff and I are heartbroken by what’s happening in Maui. We are thinking of all the families that have lost so much and a community that has been left devastated,” Sanchez wrote on Instagram. 

Their notable island neighbors include fellow billionaires Oprah Winfrey, Paul Thiel, and Oracle executive Larry Ellison, according to the Times.

In August, he added a $68 million mansion on Miami’s “billionaire bunker” island, Indian Creek Village, to his portfolio. 

The home reportedly spans 9,300 square feet, and the entire property is about 2.8 acres. The exclusive island has been home to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Tom Brady, and billionaire investor Carl Icahn.

Bezos bought the seven-bedroom Indian Creek mansion for $79 million in October, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources.

The nearly two-acre mansion was built in 2000 and boasts features like a home theater, library, pool, and wine cellar.