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Amazon
founder Jeff Bezos announced late Thursday that he plans to leave Seattle and
move to Miami.
· Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, then just an
online bookseller, out of the garage of his rental home in a Seattle suburb.
· Bezos said the move will allow him to be
closer to his parents, partner Lauren Sanchez and his space company Blue Origin.
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Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon out
of his Seattle
garage in 1994, is leaving the city and moving to Miami to be near
his parents and his space company Blue Origin.
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Bezos announced the decision in an Instagram post late Thursday,
which included a video of him touring one of Amazon’s earliest offices, the
garage of his rented home in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, Washington. It was
there that Bezos in 1995 launched Amazon as an online bookseller, before
transforming the company into a retail and cloud computing giant.
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“I’ve lived in Seattle longer than I’ve lived anywhere else and
have so many amazing memories here,” Bezos wrote. “As exciting as the move is,
it’s an emotional decision for me. Seattle, you will always have a piece of my
heart.”
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Amazon’s rapid growth reshaped Seattle, particularly its South
Lake Union area, where the company’s headquarters sits. Its rise helped turn
Seattle into a tech hub, leading to an influx of highly paid tech workers, but
also higher rents and homelessness.
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Bezos stepped down as Amazon’s CEO in
2021, turning the helm over to former cloud boss Andy Jassy. Bezos transitioned
to executive chair of Amazon’s board.
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After stepping down as Amazon CEO, Bezos has spent more time on
personal ambitions such as the
Earth Fund and Blue Origin, as well as the Washington Post,
which he acquired in 2013.
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His presence has extended beyond Seattle for some time. Bezos recently
spent $150 million for two adjoining properties in Miami’s
Indian Creek Village, often referred to as the “billionaire bunker.” He owns
other properties around the world.
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