Amazon founder Jeff Bezos drops $80 million on a penthouse

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos drops $80 million on a penthouse.


Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has purchased three apartments in New York including a penthouse. The apartment building is located near Madison Square Park in Manhattan as per Business Insider.


According to The Wall Street Journal, the deal is estimated to be about $80 million. Small change for the world’s richest family. The purchase includes a three-floor penthouse with a private elevator and large terraces.


The penthouse and two surrounding apartments below the penthouse include 12 bedrooms with a span of 17000 square feet.


The apartment building at 212 Fifth Avenue has a fitness center, a golf simulator, a game room, and a movie screening room which dominates Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.


For the last few months, Bezos has been searching for a home in New York and has on finally settled the three apartment units.


Bezos personal life has been going upside down since the year started.  He divorced his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie Bezos. Now he is dating girlfriend Lauren Sanchez.