<p><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5fb2b4551c741f0019aca034-2400/GettyImages-1177532678.jpg" border="0" alt="Jeff Bezos" data-mce-source="MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>Jeff Bezos may soon see a multimillion-dollar payday thanks to Airbnb's initial public offering. </p><p>Airbnb publicly revealed <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-files-s1-public-ipo-paperwork-revenue-losses-covid-19-2020-11">the documents for its IPO</a> earlier this month, providing a glimpse into the company's financials. The home-sharing startup hopes to raise $2.6 billion in its IPO, which would give it a valuation of up to $35 billion, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ipo-billion-35-valuation-mid-december-filing-2020-12'r=US&IR=T">the company said in a filing</a> with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.</p><p><em><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="http://businessinsider.com/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-pandemic-challenges-resiliency-ipo-interview-2020-9'r=ah-sub">Airbnb's Brian Chesky says what it was like to watch his company's revenue plunge 80% in eight weeks and how he decided to go public anyway in exclusive interview</a></em></p><p>An exit for Airbnb means its early investors stand to profitincluding Bezos.</p><p>The Amazon CEO invested in Airbnb in two rounds, according to PitchBook data: the startup's Series A and Series B in 2010 and 2011, respectively. He used his personal venture-capital firm, Bezos Expeditions, to invest. The rounds totaled $119 million in funding for Airbnb, with investment from Ashton Kutcher's A-Grade Investments, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Greylock Partners.</p><p>It's not clear how much Bezos invested in the company at the time or whether he still owns all of his shares. </p><p>A spokesperson for Bezos Expeditions did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment on its Airbnb investment.</p><p>While Bezos' payday will likely net him millions of dollars, it will hardly make a difference for the richest man, whose net worth tops <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/jeffrey-p-bezos/'sref=BWbpWjRm">$186 billion</a>. The majority of Bezos' wealth stems from his shares in Amazon. Bezos owns about 11% of the e-commerce giant he founded in 1994, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-04/amazon-ceo-bezos-sells-1-42-billion-of-shares'sref=BWbpWjRm">according to Bloomberg</a>.</p><p>Beyond his substantial Amazon stake, Bezos is a prolific investor, with early investments in Google, Uber, and Twitter. Bezos was also an early investor in Business Insider, though he has since sold his stake in the company.</p><p><em data-stringify-type="italic">Got a tip' Contact Business Insider senior reporter Avery Hartmans via email (</em><em data-stringify-type="italic"><a href="mailto:ahartmans@businessinsider.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="mailto:bgilbert@businessinsider.com" data-sk="tooltip_parent">ahartmans@businessinsider.com</a></em><em data-stringify-type="italic">), or Twitter DM (</em><em data-stringify-type="italic"><a href="https://twitter.com/averyhartmans" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://twitter.com/RealBenGilbert" data-sk="tooltip_parent">@averyhartmans</a></em><em data-stringify-type="italic">). We can keep sources anonymous. Use a nonwork device to reach out.</em></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ipo-amazon-jeff-bezos-early-investor-payday-2020-11#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-parasite-delivered-one-of-the-best-twists-in-cinema-2020-2">What makes 'Parasite' so shocking is the twist that happens in a 10-minute sequence</a></p>
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