💸 From $10,000 to $1.55 Billion: How Jeff Bezos' Family Made History

💸 From $10,000 to $1.55 Billion: How Jeff Bezos' Family Made History

Convincing someone to invest $10,000 in an online bookstore in the mid-90s - when most people were just figuring out dial-up internet - was no easy feat. But Jeff Bezos pulled it off.

🤝 Early Faith in a Crazy Idea

In 1996, armed with little more than a vision and a primitive Amazon website, Bezos made an offer to his family: invest $10,000 for 30,000 shares in his tiny startup. His brother Mark and sister Christina said yes.

📈 Insane Returns Over Time

By 2018, Bloomberg estimated each sibling’s stake was worth $640 million. But Amazon’s stock didn’t stop growing. At $221.30 per share by December 31, 2024 (up from $91 in 2018), their holdings are now valued at $1.55 billion each - a mind-blowing 15,499,900% return on investment.

🛒 The Company That Changed Everything

Thanks to Bezos’ obsession with long-term growth, Amazon became a $2.33 trillion titan - revolutionizing retail, logistics, cloud computing, and even how people buy toilet paper.