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Greedy Democrats.
Jeff Bezos had a great idea to improve consumers
lives and he founded his company in Seattle and brought
us a serious large number of really high paying jobs.
Well, the filthy greedy Democrats in Washington State
do not like individuals getting wealthy, so now the have
invented a new idea, a "wealth tax".
To nobodies surprise The targets of this tax, like
Jeff Bezos are moving away.
We sure don't want him hanging around and making more rich, do we!

from https://www.geekwire.com/2025/report-jeff-bezos-sells-63m-mansion-near-seattle-a-record-price-for-washington-state-home-sale/

Report: Jeff Bezos sells $63M mansion near Seattle — a record price for Washington state home sale
by Kurt Schlosser on April 10, 2025 at 4:08 pm

Jeff Bezos. (Amazon Photo)
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the seller of a $63 million mansion in
Hunts Point, Wash., just east of Seattle, the Puget Sound Business
Journal reported Thursday.

The newspaper, which first reported on the sale Wednesday, noted that
the sale shattered the state’s previous home sale price record. The
Journal cited an industry source in confirming Bezos as the onetime owner.

Bezos acquired the sprawling waterfront estate at 4053 Hunts Point Road
in 2019 for $37.5 million, which also broke the state record, set in
2018 when a Medina mansion sold for $26.75 million.

The sale this week was to a buyer called Cayan Investments LLC,
according to the Journal. It incorporated in Delaware in March and has a
post office box in Medina. The seller is Hunts Point Properties Trust
whose trustee is attorney Kristine Wilson.

The 9,420-square-foot home was designed in 2003 by Seattle architect Jim
Olson, of the firm Olson Kundig, and was once owned by the late Barney Ebsworth, a luxury travel magnate and prominent art collector who died
in 2018.

The Olson Kundig website describes the property as an “understated house
on the shore of Lake Washington” with a design that “weaves art and
nature together.”

Hunts Point is a wealthy enclave that’s home to other prominent
billionaires and business elite, such as former Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer and Costco co-founder James Sinegal.

In a “peek inside” the mansion in 2019, The Seattle Times said the three-bedroom, four-bath home sits on 300 feet of west-facing Lake
Washington shoreline. It features a rooftop deck with a fireplace,
elevator, catering kitchen, two-story guesthouse, and a glass-enclosed
shower that juts into a walled Japanese garden.

Bezos, who announced in November 2023 that he was leaving Seattle for
Florida, is the second richest person in the world with a net worth of
$198 billion, according to Forbes.

The Journal reported that Bezos still owns two properties as part of a portfolio he originally amassed in the Hunts Point and Medina areas: a 30,000-square-foot Tudor-style mansion acquired in 2010 for $45 million;
and adjacent property in 1998 for $10 million.

Business Insider reported in 2023 on Bezos’ real estate spending spree
after his 2019 divorce from MacKenzie Scott. The site also spoke to
Hunts Point residents about what kind of neighbor Bezos was, and some reportedly said he was notably absent from community events such as
“Cleanup Day.”

In the exclusive South Florida community where he moved with fiancèe
Lauren Sanchez, Bezos has purchased mansions next door to one another
for $79 million and $68 million.


Writer and editor Kurt Schlosser covers the Geek Life beat for GeekWire.
A longtime journalist, photographer and designer, he has worked
previously for NBC News, msnbc.com and the Seattle P-I. Follow Kurt on
Bluesky or reach him at

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