Jeff Bezos has sold his longtime Seattle-area mansion for $63 million, setting a record for the most expensive home sale in Washington state as the Amazon founder continues to build his real estate portfolio in South Florida.
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The sale of the 9,420-square-foot waterfront property in Hunts Point, Washington, was first reported by the Puget Sound Business Journal and documented in property records. The buyer was Cayan Investments LLC.
Bezos purchased the mansion in 2019 for $37.5 million, meaning the sale price was more than $25 million above his original purchase price, before accounting for any expenses associated with the transaction.
The sale marks another chapter in the billionaire’s departure from the Seattle area, where he founded Amazon in 1994 and lived for decades before relocating to Miami with his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, about 18 months ago.
The property sits on 3.27 acres in Hunts Point, an affluent community in King County overlooking Lake Washington. The location is about seven miles from Amazon’s Seattle headquarters and within reach of major technology companies, including Microsoft, Apple and Google. Zillow puts the average home price in Hunts Point at nearly $8 million.
The mansion features three bedrooms, four bathrooms, an elevator, a large walk-in closet, a secondary kitchen and a rooftop terrace. A glass walkway connects the main residence to a two-story guesthouse, while the waterfront property stretches more than 300 feet along Lake Washington.
The home was previously owned by Barney A. Ebsworth, a late art collector and luxury travel executive who was among the early investors in Build-A-Bear.
Bezos, whose fortune exceeds $200 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, announced his move to Miami in an Instagram post, citing his desire to be closer to his parents and the growing presence of his aerospace company, Blue Origin, in Florida.
“My parents have always been my biggest supporters,” Bezos wrote.
He also reflected on his longstanding ties to Seattle, where he launched Amazon nearly three decades ago.
“I’ve lived in Seattle longer than I’ve lived anywhere else and have so many amazing memories here,” Bezos wrote. “Seattle, you will always have a piece of my heart.”
The move has also drawn attention to Washington’s tax policy. In March 2023, the Washington State Supreme Court upheld a 7% tax on capital gains, a levy that could have significant implications for wealthy residents with substantial investment profits. Bezos’ relocation prompted speculation that tax considerations may have played a role, although he cited family and business reasons for the move.
“Florida is very, very favorable for someone like Jeff Bezos,” John Pantekidis, managing partner and general counsel at wealth management firm TwinFocus, previously told Fortune’s Alicia Adamczyk. “They make it very cost effective for folks like Jeff to live down there. It’s ideal, it’s nirvana.”
In Miami, Bezos and Sánchez have assembled a three-mansion compound on Indian Creek, an exclusive, gated island community often called the “Billionaire Bunker.”
Bezos purchased a Miami mansion for $90 million in 2024, bringing the estimated combined value of his Indian Creek properties to about $237 million. The home spans more than 12,000 square feet and has six bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
Indian Creek, a roughly 300-acre community with about 40 homes, has attracted other high-profile residents, including former NFL quarterback Tom Brady and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.
Bezos’ latest property transaction underscores the scale of his real estate holdings as he establishes roots in Florida while relinquishing a home tied to his personal history and the early years of Amazon’s rise.
