Jeff Bezos Net Worth 2026

Jeff Bezos’ net worth is $377 billion as of 14 October 2026, according to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires list, which ranks him the second-richest person in the world behind Elon Musk. Most of the fortune comes from his Amazon shares, with a growing part from his space company, Blue Origin, and his artificial intelligence start-up, Project Prometheus.

Bezos gained about $102 billion in September 2026 alone, Forbes reported, after private investors put a value on Blue Origin and Project Prometheus.

What is Jeff Bezos’ net worth in 2026?

Jeff Bezos’ net worth is $377 billion as of 14 October 2026, according to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires list. That places him second in the world, about $85 billion ahead of Google co-founder Larry Page in third.

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Forbes’ monthly ranking valued him at $370 billion on 1 October 2026, up $102 billion from a month earlier. That jump moved him from third to second, ahead of Page, and was his first time in second place since May 2025. On Forbes’ 2026 list of the 400 richest Americans, published in September, he was also second, at $378 billion.

Figures change daily with the Amazon share price, so treat any single number as a snapshot. For context on how he compares with the rest of the top 10, see our guide to the richest people in the world.

How did Jeff Bezos make his money?

Bezos made his money by founding Amazon in 1994 and keeping a large share of it for three decades. He started the company out of his Seattle garage, according to Forbes, and it began by selling books online.

Amazon grew into one of the largest companies in the world by market value. On 3 August 2026 its market value passed $3 trillion for the first time, Quartz reported. Its cloud business, Amazon Web Services, reported second-quarter revenue of $42.2 billion, beating analyst forecasts.

Bezos stepped down as chief executive in 2021 and became executive chair.

How much of Amazon does Jeff Bezos own?

Bezos owns about 8% of Amazon, according to Forbes. An SEC Form 4 filing shows he held 879,739,004 Amazon shares directly after a sale on 3 August 2026, plus 5,087,266 shares held through trusts and a wholly owned company.

His stake was much larger before 2019. In his divorce from MacKenzie Scott that year, he transferred a quarter of his then 16% stake to her, Forbes says.

How much is Blue Origin worth?

Blue Origin was valued at $130 billion before new money in its first outside funding round in 2026. That valuation is a main reason Bezos’ net worth rose so sharply in September.

Bezos founded Blue Origin in 2000 and paid for it largely by selling Amazon stock. In July 2026, Bloomberg reported that the company was seeking about $10 billion at a $130 billion valuation, excluding the new funds, with Coatue Management expected to lead and invest $4 billion. Forbes said Bezos owned 100% of Blue Origin before the round and estimates the company is worth $130 billion. Bezos flew to space on a Blue Origin rocket in 2021.

What is Project Prometheus?

Project Prometheus is an artificial intelligence start-up where Bezos is co-chief executive alongside Vik Bajaj. It is his first chief executive role since he stepped down at Amazon.

The company is building AI tools to speed up the path from design to manufacturing for physical objects, which Bezos calls an “artificial general engineer”. It raised $12 billion in June 2026 at a valuation of about $41 billion, according to GeekWire. Forbes estimates that Bezos owns about 20% of it.

How much Amazon stock has Jeff Bezos sold?

Bezos sells Amazon shares regularly through pre-arranged trading plans, often worth several billion dollars a year. The cash helps pay for Blue Origin, his philanthropy and his personal spending.

The current plan was adopted on 14 November 2025, according to the SEC filing, and allows sales until 26 February 2027. If all 15 million shares are sold, he would still hold about 866 million shares, TechRepublic reported.

Jeff Bezos net worth compared with other billionaires

Bezos is worth far less than Elon Musk but more than any other person on the Forbes list. The gap to third place was about $85 billion on 14 October 2026.

Read our full Elon Musk net worth profile to see how he approached $1 trillion in 2026.

Jeff Bezos net worth by year

What does Jeff Bezos own? Homes, yacht and other assets

Beyond his company shares, Bezos owns several of the most expensive homes in the United States, a large sailing yacht and The Washington Post.

Homes

• Indian Creek Island, Miami: two adjoining lots bought for $68 million (2022) and $79 million (2023), which he plans to merge into one compound, plus a house bought for about $90 million in 2024 where he lives. Combined cost: more than $230 million, according to Fortune.
• Warner Estate, Beverly Hills: bought for $165 million in February 2020, Reuters reported.
• Maui, Hawaii: an estate on La Perouse Bay, reported to have cost about $78 million.

Bezos announced in November 2023 that he was leaving Seattle for Miami. Several of these homes sit among the priciest residential deals in the country. Our list of the most expensive houses in the world shows where they rank globally.

Yacht

Bezos owns Koru, a 417-foot sailing yacht built by the Dutch shipbuilder Oceanco and estimated to be worth about $500 million. Because Koru’s masts leave no room for a helipad, it travels with a 250-foot support vessel, Abeona. See how it compares in our list of the most expensive yachts in the world.

The Washington Post and philanthropy

Bezos bought The Washington Post for $250 million in 2013. He has pledged $10 billion to climate causes by 2030 through the Bezos Earth Fund and had granted $2.4 billion of it, according to Forbes. He said in a 2022 CNN interview that he plans to give away most of his wealth during his lifetime. He married Lauren Sánchez in Venice on 27 June 2025.