Jeff Bezos ‘acts like he owns the elite neighborhood’ where he lives, but residents say he’s ‘not much of a neighbor’ – Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN founder Jeff Bezos lives a private life in an elite neighborhood where he rarely shows his face.

What you should know: Bezos lives in Hunts Point, an affluent neighborhood just outside of Seattle. According to a report from Business Insider, he purchased a waterfront property in the neighborhood for $37.5 million in 2019, as well as three other homes nearby for his employees.

Every year, Hunts Point residents gather to plant trees, pull weeds and pick up trash in the neighborhood, but Bezos never shows up.

“I saw a billionaire pick up trash on Cleanup Day. Not Jeff Bezos,” one resident reportedly told Insider.

Fewer than 400 people call Hunts Point home, but the neighborhood is full of billionaires and other members of the business elite. Former Microsoft Corp MSFT CEO Steve Ballmer And Costco Wholesale Corporation COST Co-Founder James Sinegal are among the residents of Hunts Point.

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Although Bezos never showed up at neighborhood meetings or fundraisers, his associates were regularly seen walking around the area. Bezos had a personal chef who lived in the neighborhood and delivered meals to Bezos using a golf cart, a resident said.

The billionaire’s security guards also lived in a house near the entrance to the neighborhood and were very friendly toward the other residents. They were often seen delivering misaddressed packages to other people’s doors – what an irony. They were also involved in reporting suspicious people and behavior.

Although Bezos kept his gate closed and rarely showed his face, he still acted like he was running the place.

“Jeff Bezos acts like he owns Hunts Point,” one resident said.

Another neighbor told Insider that he apparently never lived there full-time. “He’s not a particularly good neighbor,” the resident said.

Last year, Bezos announced he was leaving the Seattle area for Miami.

“My parents have always been my biggest supporters. They recently returned to Miami, the place where we lived when I was younger… I want to be close to my parents and Lauren and I love Miami,” Bezos said in an Instagram post.

When Bezos bought his Hunts Point home in 2019, he was the richest person in the world. At the time of writing, Bezos was ranked third on Forbes’ real-time billionaires list with a net worth of around $221.3 billion.

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Some elements of this story were previously reported by Benzinga and have been updated.

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