{"id":5985,"date":"2025-05-03T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=5985"},"modified":"2025-05-03T09:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T09:05:00","slug":"jeff-bezos-to-sell-up-to-4-75-billion-in-amazon-stock-by-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=5985","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos to sell up to $4.75 billion in Amazon stock by May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has disclosed plans to sell up to $4.75 billion worth of Amazon stock over the next year, equating to approximately 25 million shares.<\/p>\n<p>This move is part of a predetermined trading plan initiated in March 2025 and is scheduled to run through May 2026 .<\/p>\n<p>Despite these sales, Bezos retains a significant stake in Amazon, holding over 926 million shares, which constitutes just under 9% of the company&#8217;s total stock.<\/p>\n<p>The proceeds from these transactions are primarily allocated to support his space venture, Blue Origin, which incurs annual costs exceeding $2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>This divestment follows a series of substantial stock sales by Bezos, including the sale of 50 million shares in February 2024, valued at around $8.5 billion, and another 25 million shares in July 2024, worth approximately $5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>These strategic sales are conducted under SEC Rule 10b5-1, allowing corporate insiders to establish a trading plan to sell stocks at predetermined times, thereby mitigating concerns about insider trading .<\/p>\n<p>Bezos&#8217;s recent relocation to Miami, a state without a capital gains tax, further enhances the tax efficiency of these transactions.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon&#8217;s stock has experienced volatility, influenced by global economic factors, including trade tensions and tariff policies.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these challenges, the company&#8217;s financial performance remains robust, with first-quarter 2025 revenue rising by 9% to $155.7 billion and a profit of $17.1 billion.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has disclosed plans to sell up to $4.75 billion worth of Amazon stock over the next year, equating to approximately 25 million shares. This move is part of a predetermined trading plan initiated in March 2025 and is scheduled to run through May 2026 . Despite these sales, Bezos retains a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}