Jeff Bezos files to sell roughly $4 billion in Amazon shares after stock hits $3 trillion

This article was published on August 4, 2026 The founder's first major disposal since late 2024 comes as Amazon crosses a $3 trillion market cap for the first time, buoyed by a Q2 earnings beat and a $220 billion capital spending plan Bezos filed to sell 15 million Amazon shares worth about $4 billion after the stock hit $3 trillion for the first time Jeff Bezos has filed to sell 15 million shares of Amazon common stock, a stake worth roughly four billion dollars based on the company’s closing price on Monday. The filing, a Form 144 submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, disclosed that the sales would be executed through Morgan Stanley under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on 14 November 2025. The disposal is Bezos’s first major sale since late 2024 and arrives days after Amazon became the fifth company in history to reach a three trillion dollar market capitalisation. Shares climbed above the milestone on 3 August after the company delivered a Q2 earnings beat that sent the stock up roughly 20 percent year to date, outpacing the S&P 500’s 12 percent gain over the same period. The shares Bezos is selling are founder stock he has held since incorporatin