Studios — in the 1930s. The most expensive home sale in California's history at the time, Bezos purchased the house for $165 million from David Geffen, who bought it in 1990 for $47.5 million.

Source: Business Insider, Business Insider Bezos in 1998 paid $10 million for the estate, which spans 5.3 acres and includes a 20,000-square-foot house, plus a second 8,300-square-foot dwelling.

The name "Amazon" was chosen by Jeff Bezos after consulting a dictionary; it gave him the feeling that his Internet enterprise would be "exotic and different". Where is Bill Gates house in Seattle?

Would you pay $200 million to be Jeff Bezos' neighbor? Oh, and one catch: That's for an empty lot, house not included ... which is ongoing,” John Pantekidis, managing partner and general ...