He may be heading to live in the Sunshine State, but Amazon titan Jeff Bezos still has prominent West Coast presence.
The Daily Mail reports that Bezos, the third richest man on Earth with a net worth of nearly $194 billion, has added some glam final touches onto his megamansion in Beverly Hills, California.
They include basketball and tennis courts, as well as swimming pools with tropical themes.
The work on this residence, which Bezos purchased from media mogul David Geffen in February 2020 for a then-record $165 million, has spanned the last four years. In early 2023, however, the work briefly stalled after applications for a new “game court fence” were denied on the technical basis of incompletion. It all kicked back off the following month, the outlet notes.
Aerial images show pristine tennis courts surrounded by perfectly trimmed hedges. A pool, meanwhile, looks adorned with tiles fashioned into the shapes of turtles and other reef-themed elements. The pool and spa are accessed via a handsome stone pathway.
The images also show an overall work in progress, but one that will certainly yield a great result. Construction scaffolds surround one of the pools, while the grounds are for now largely dirt — with earth surrounding the other, and larger pool, that’s separated from the main house by rows of trees.
This nearly 30,000-square-foot compound stands on 10 acres. There’s a three-story main house, a gym, a guest house, a pergola and a security guard house.
It’s a far cry from Bezos’s very humble beginnings in Washington. The Seattle-area residence that he rented for $890 per month in the 1990s — and where he launched “amazon.com” in the former garage — just entered contract this week to sell to a new owner. It listed last month for $2.29 million. The final sale price isn’t yet known.
These days, Bezos boasts a property portfolio worth some $570 million.
While this home resumes its work, Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez are making moves in Florida, where Bezos announced he’d move last autumn to be closer to his parents. Blue Origin, his space exploration company, is also increasingly shifting to Cape Canaveral.
In Florida, his holdings now include some $147 million worth of homes on exclusive Indian Creek Island. He’s reportedly hunting for more property in the state.
His other homes dot the country, from Hawaii to New York City.