Jeff Bezos files to sell $4.07 billion Amazon stock

Amazon founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos has filed to sell approximately 15 million shares of the company, a stake valued at roughly $4.07 billion, following a surge in the stock price that pushed Amazon's market value above $3 trillion. The planned sale was disclosed in a Form 144 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, August 4, 2026.

The shares, which Bezos acquired as founder stock when he established the company in 1994, are being sold under a prearranged trading plan adopted on November 14, 2025. The transactions were executed on Monday, August 3, through Morgan Stanley. Amazon's stock fell more than 2% in early trading Tuesday following the disclosure, after having reached a record high the previous day.

The sale comes on the heels of Amazon's strong second-quarter earnings report last week, which showed revenue of $200.61 billion and earnings of $5.75 per share. The results were driven by stronger-than-expected growth in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing division, reinforcing investor confidence that the company's investments in artificial intelligence are translating into accelerating demand. Amazon's stock has rallied about...