Frankie Cordeira Jr.

Description: BEZOS ON TOP OF WORLD: THE $81 BILLION MAN! Jeff Bezos was spotted basking in the warm Italian sun and company of his wife MacKenzie on Thursday as the Amazon founder enjoyed a much deserved vacation with his family. The group which included Bezos' parents Jacklyn and Mike his sister Christina and her husband Steve and his brother Mark with his wife Lisa were seen enjoying some outdoor shopping in Rome while posing for photos just like every other tourist in the historic city. And the king of online shopping even got to enjoy the simple pleasures of an outdoor vendor on the trip at the Campo dei Fiori Market where he picked up a zucchini flower box. Amore: Jeff Bezos and his wifeMacKenzie were spotted packing on the PDA at a market in the historic Italian city Thursday Wish you were here! The billionaire was pictured enjoying a well deserved vacation to the European city with his family PDA: TheAmazon founder and his wife looked like any other tourist while shopping atCampo dei Fiori Market Strike a pose: The family spent the afternoon walking aroundthe fountains of Piazza Navona before Bezos snapped a group photo After some outdoor shopping at the market the group grabbed some pizza for lunch at Campo dei Fiori. They then spent the afternoon walking around and admiring the fountains of Piazza Navona. That was where they all gathered for a group photo snapped by Mark Bezos. Bezos' European vacation comes five months into what may be the greatest year of his life thanks to the success of Amazon. The online retailer that was initially created to sell books followed up the success of their Emmy and Golden Globe-winning original programming like 'Transparent' and 'Mozart in the Jungle' with two films that won big at the Academy Awards. 'The Salesman' won in the Best Foreign Language category while the critically acclaimed 'Manchester By the Sea' took home Best Actor honors for Casey Affleck and Best Original Screenplay for writer and director Kenneth Lonergan. And then there are his rockets. So much choice:Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie alongside other relatives looked like every other tourist at the market Having a laugh: Jeff Bezos was clearly enjoying the company of his family on the well-deserved Italian getaway Historic city: Bezos and his family were pictured at the fountains of Piazza Navona which were commissioned in 1651 Down time:The group included Bezos' parents Jacklyn and Mike his sister Christina and her husband Steve and his brother Mark with his wife Lisa Sightseeing: The family were spotted spending the afternoon walking around and admiring the fountains of Piazza Navona Bezos said he is selling $1 billion in stock of his retail giant Amazon each year to finance his rocket company Blue Origin which aims to carry tourists to space by next year. At an appearance at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs Colorado back in April Bezos vowed to lower the cost of space travel and start taking customers to space by next year. The entrepreneur did not say how much a ticket would cost as he showed off the New Shepard rocket and a mock-up of the large-windowed capsule that tourists will one day ride to suborbital space and back. Nor did he say how much of his own personal fortune he has poured into Blue Origin which is building a reusable rocket and is seen as a competitor to internet mogul Elon Musk's SpaceX. It's been a good year: Bezos' European vacation comes five months into what may be the greatest year of his life Time to celebrate: Amazon followed up the success of its Emmy and Golden Globe-winning original programming with two films that won big at the Academy Awards And then there are his rockets:Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin aims to carry tourists to space by next year Dreaming big: Blue Origin is building a reusable rocket and is seen as a competitor to internet mogul Elon Musk's SpaceX Well-deserved: Bezos is now worth$81million and could soon overtake Bill Gates as the richest person in America Bezos did say that the next-generation New Glenn rocket which would be powerful enough to reach orbit and is expected to start flying satellites by 2020 is expected to cost $2.5 billion to develop. 'My business model right now for Blue Origin is that I sell about $1 billion a year of Amazon stock and I use it to invest in Blue Origin' he said. 'It's very important that Blue Origin stand on its own feet and be a profitable sustainable enterprise. That's how real progress gets made.' Bezos a lifelong space enthusiast founded Blue Origin in 2000. It is also appearing more and more likely that he will soon overtake Bill Gates as the richest person in America with his current net worth valued at $81million by Forbes.
By Frankie Cordeira Jr.
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