Florida has long been attractive to those seeking a fresh start, thanks in large part to its business-friendly policies, lack of state income tax, and irresistible warm climate.
Jeff Bezos is among them. After 29 years in Seattle, the Amazon founder said at the end of 2023 that he would be moving to Miami.
In November, Bezos took to Instagram to explain why the Sunshine State was the perfect place for him.
“I want to be close to my parents, and Lauren and I love Miami,” Bezos wrote of his and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez‘s decision to relocate. “Also, Blue Origin’s operations are increasingly shifting to Cape Canaveral. For all that, I’m planning to return to Miami, leaving the Pacific Northwest.”
Bezos and Sanchez are moving to Miami’s ultra-exclusive Indian Creek neighborhood, a collection of homes surrounding a golf club on a highly secure island. The area, informally called the “Billionaire Bunker,” is also known for its privacy and exclusivity.
Bezos has amassed an impressive collection of homes on the island: In June 2023, he purchased a $68 million mansion, followed by an adjacent property for $79 million in October. By September 2024, he added a third mansion purchased for $90 million.
The latest wrinkle: The businessman who sold Bezos the $79 million property — Leo Kryss, a cofounder of the Brazilian toy company Tectoy — is suing his brokerage for not revealing Bezos was the buyer. Kryss claims that if he had known Bezos was purchasing the home, he would have kept firm on his full asking price of $85 million, $6 million more than it actually sold for.
With a net worth that Forbes pegged at about $203 billion on Thursday, Bezos is currently the second-richest person in the world — after Elon Musk — and has more than enough money to buy almost any home he desires.
Bezos is in good company on Indian Creek: High-profile figures including football legend Tom Brady and Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump’s husband, also own property there.
Take a look inside the neighborhood.
