Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, among world's richest, bought another Billionaire Bunker home
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought his third home in Florida's ultra exclusive Billionaire Bunker − in less than a year.
Bezos purchased the home for about $90 million in an off-market transaction, according to Bloomberg. It was the third mansion the Washington Post owner has purchased on the man-made barrier island in Biscayne Bay near Miami Beach.
Bezos will live in the newly purchased home, which last sold in 1998 for $2.5 million, while the other two homes he purchased are torn down, according to Bloomberg.
The mansion Bezos purchased is reported to have been owned by Javier Holtz, who is listed as the vice-mayor of the municipality on the Indian Creek Village website. Billionaire Bunker is the nickname for Indian Creek Village − and fitting for one of the world's richest people.
Bezos has many ties to Florida. He graduated from Palmetto High School in Miami. His company, Blue Origin, has a facility in Cape Canaveral next to Kennedy Space Center and SpaceX.
Here's what we know about the Blue Origin founder's Billionaire Bunker home in Florida.
Where does Jeff Bezos live? Amazon founder and Tom Brady are neighbors
Jeff Bezos and Tom Brady, two of the world’s most recognized men, became neighbors in summer 2023 when the Amazon founder purchased a home in Indian Creek Village. Brady, the GOAT of football, has been a resident there since 2020.
In June 2023, Bezos paid $68 million for the three-bedroom, waterfront home, Fortune magazine and Bloomberg reported. MTM Star International was listed on Miami-Dade property records as the previous owner, according to AP. County records show the property previously sold for $1.4 million in 1982. The home had 9,300 square feet and a pool.
In November 2023, Bezos purchased a second home in Indian Creek Village for $79 million.
The 23,000-square-foot mansion at 12 Indian Creek Island Road, situated on 80,000 square feet of land, featured a wood-paneled library, movie theater, wine cellar, wet bar and cabana house, according to a Facebook post by Dina Goldentayer Real Estate.
There were 41 waterfront properties on the island as of 2017, according to the municipality's website.
What is Indian Creek Village in Florida like?
In addition to the mansions there, residents have access to the Indian Creek Country Club. The area has its own law enforcement, Indian Creek Village Police Department.
On May 27, 2023, David Chen went out on a "curiosity paddle" from nearby Oleta River State Park and posted his kayaking adventure on Facebook. His photos and video clips give an exclusive view to one of the world's most famous neighborhoods. He "paddled by Beer Can Island (Sandspur Island) and Kayaking Cove island before crossing the very busy boat channel to Indian Creek," he said in his post.
"The security appears to be tight around the island," Chen said on his social post. "As I paddled around it, a police boat came cruising past twice."
Which celebrities live in Indian Creek Village, Florida, or Billionaire Bunker?
A former first daughter of the United States calls Indian Creek home. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner paid $32 million for an empty waterfront lot on the island from singer Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias' father, according to Business Insider.
Billionaire Norman Braman, an American car dealer and former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, owns a home there, according to David Chen. Other notable residents, he added, include late Dolphins coach Don Shula and financier Carl Icahn.
Adriana Lima, a fellow Brazilian supermodel and former Victoria's Secret Angel like Gisele Bundchen, previously lived in Indian Creek. News reports show Lima sold her mansion for $40 million.
Contributing: James Powel, Victoria Hernandez and Camille Fine, USA TODAY; AP
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