Bezos Expeditions
Company typePrivate
IndustryFamily office
Founded2005; 19 years ago (2005)[1]
FoundersJeff Bezos
HeadquartersMercer Island
Washington, U.S.[2]
ProductsInvestments
AUMUS$107.8 billion (2020)[2]
Websitebezosexpeditions.com

Bezos Expeditions is an American investment firm based in Mercer Island, Washington.[2] It serves as a family office for Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos by managing his personal investments. The firm invests both in early and late stage ventures of companies in different sectors.[3]

Background

Bezos Expeditions was founded in 2005 by Jeff Bezos[1] as an investment vehicle to manage his personal investments. The firm has a dedicated team responsible for handling all processes related to investments. The firm has made numerous high-profile investments such as Twitter, Airbnb, Uber, Stack Overflow, General Assembly, Workday and Business Insider.[3][4][5]

Aside from for-profit ventures, the firm also supports funding philanthropic efforts. Examples include an Innovation center at the Seattle Museum of History and Industry and the Bezos Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics at Princeton Neuroscience Institute.[3][6] In 2013, Bezos Expeditions funded the recovery of two Saturn V first-stage Rocketdyne F-1 engines from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.[7] They were positively identified as belonging to the Apollo 11 mission's S-1C stage from July 1969.[8][9] The engines are on display at the Seattle Museum of Flight.[10][11]

Bezos Expeditions has funded the Clock of the Long Now also called the 10,000-year clock.[3][12][13] It was funded with $42 million, and is on land which Bezos owns in Texas.[13]

Notable investments

References

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  6. ^ Martinez, Amy (August 5, 2013). "Billionaire Bezos adds to eclectic interests". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  7. ^ Garber, Megan (March 20, 2013). "The Engines That Propelled Us into Space, Recovered From the Ocean Floor". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  8. ^ Pearlman, Robert Z. (July 19, 2013). "Rocket Engine Part Recovered by Amazon CEO Has Apollo 11 History". Space.com. New York. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  9. ^ Poeter, Damon (March 20, 2013). "Bezos Salvage Team Plucks Apollo Rocket Engines from Atlantic". PC Magazine. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  10. ^ "Apollo F-1 Engine Preview | The Museum of Flight". museumofflight.org. Archived from the original on April 4, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  11. ^ "As Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary nears, space fans get ready to celebrate". GeekWire. March 16, 2019. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  12. ^ Coombs, Casey (February 20, 2018). "Amazon's Jeff Bezos unveils 10,000-year clock that symbolizes his business strategy". Seattle Business Journal. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  13. ^ a b Woo, Stu (June 19, 2012). "What Makes Jeff Bezos Tick? A $42 Million Clock, for Starters". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  14. ^ "37 Signals Takes Jeff Bezos Investment". TechCrunch. July 21, 2006. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  15. ^ Lamm, Greg (September 2, 2011). "Amazon's Jeff Bezos suffers setback with failed spaceship launch". Seattle Business Journal. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  16. ^ "The Startup That Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos Are Both Invested In". Fortune. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  17. ^ "Hipster investor The Craftory leads $30m funding round in vegan startup". CityAM. March 1, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  18. ^ a b c d Omer Farooq (January 3, 2023). "Jeff Bezos' Investments in 2022: 9 Companies Bezos Is Investing In". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  19. ^ Young, Jabari (April 22, 2021). "Jeff Bezos, Drake and others invest $80 million in sports media company Overtime". CNBC. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  20. ^ Huddleston, Tom Jr. (February 20, 2021). "This 28-year-old turned his college side hustle into a $1.3 billion start-up backed by Jeff Bezos". CNBC. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  21. ^ Zaleski, Andrew (August 29, 2018). "Why Jeff Bezos is backing this Silicon Valley scientist who is working on a cure for aging". CNBC. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  22. ^ "Artificial Intelligence Startup Vicarious Grabs Funding From Bezos, Benioff And Jerry Yang". TechCrunch. April 7, 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2021.

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