Amazon is one of the most successful companies in the world. It was established in the year 1994. Jeff Bezos is the founder of the company. He started Amazon as an online bookstore.
It later became one of the biggest e-commerce companies. This company has evolved into a cloud computing giant as well. There are various subsidiaries in this company.
This year the market capitalization of the company reached $1.6 trillion. There are some top individuals shareholders who are an important part of the management.
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Top 3 Insider Shareholders:
As we know, a shareholder is a person who owns Amazon stock. Example, if you purchase a share, you will become a shareholder. Insider Shareholders are those people who own the as well as hold a senior position in the company. These people are a member of the board of the directors. They own more than 10% of the total shares.
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Jeff Bezos:
He is the richest man in the world as well as the biggest shareholder of the company. One can even say that he is the owner of the company. His complete name is Jeffery Bezos. He is the CEO and founder of the company. He owns 55.5 million shares of the company. He has 11.1 shares of the company. After the divorce, his wife owns nearly 25% shares in Amazon. Even though his net worth got divided with his wife, he is still the wealthiest man in the world. It is because the value of Amazon stock is very high. Recently he sold 1 million shares to invest in other company.
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Jeffery Blackburn:
He is another insider shareholder of Amazon. Along with sharing the same name, he also shares the majority of shares in the Company with Bezos. He has 48,967 shares in the company. The percentage of his shares is 0.01%. He is the Senior Vice President of Business Development. Previously he was in operations. Before that he used to work in Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank.
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Andrew Jassy:
He is another insider shareholder. He comes second after Jeff Bezos. He has a total of 94,797 shares in the company. The total percentage of the share is 0.02%. He is the CEO of Amazon Web Services. It is one of the biggest cloud computing company in the world. He became a part of the company in the year 1997. He is the one who founded AWS. Initially, he had a team of just 57 people. Before this, he used to work in a marketing consultancy company.
These are the three biggest insider Shareholders of Amazon. They have the highest amount of Amazon Stock. You can get more information from AMZN stock news.
Disclaimer: The analysis information is for reference only and does not constitute an investment recommendation.
