Jeff Bezos Sells $8.5 Billion In Amazon Stock.

Jeff Bezos Sells $8.5 Billion In Amazon Stock. Alex Wong / Getty Images News via Getty Images Jeff Bezos has sold shares in the company he founded, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), before. But in February, the size of his sales was extraordinary. He sold approximately 50 million shares, which were worth $8.5 billion. The FT suggests he may have done so because Amazon’s stock has had an amazing run, as have the shares of several other mega-cap tech corporations.Bezos is the second richest person in the world, wi ...