Who owns Amazon? Top executives and institutional investors

Amazon is the biggest online retailer in the world, and its market capitalization of $2.9 trillion makes it the fifth-largest company. Its spectacular stock price gain since its IPO has made founder Jeff Bezos a billionaire many times over and minted millionaires among early investors who held onto their shares.

Here’s who owns the most shares in Amazon and how much they’re worth.

Who owns Amazon? 

Amazon shares are owned by both institutional investors (such as hedge funds), individual retail investors, and company executives. As of mid-May 2026, there were 10.75 billion common shares outstanding, according to data compiled by Google Finance via Google Sheets. 

Fractional shares of Amazon stock are available to individual investors through certain digital brokerages, such as Robinhood.

Who are the biggest Amazon investors?

Founder and former CEO (now Executive Chair of the Board of Directors) Jeff Bezos is the biggest shareholder, owning 950 million shares, or 8.8% of the company, according to Amazon’s 2026 proxy statement.

Among institutional investors, BlackRock (with a 6.8% stake), Vanguard Capital Management (6.8%), and State Street (3.6%) were the biggest shareholders as of mid-May 2026, according to Yahoo data. 

The 10 biggest owners of Amazon stock

Investor

Shares (in millions)

% Stake

Jeff Bezos*

950.43

8.80%

BlackRock

735.56

6.84%

Vanguard Capital Management

631.18

5.87%

State Street

390.45

3.63%

FMR

358.70

3.33%

Geode Capital Management

233.23

2.17%

Morgan Stanley

173.93

1.62%

JPMorgan Chase

168.94

1.57%

Vanguard Portfolio Management

127.01

1.18%

Price (T.Rowe) Associates

123.00

1.14%

*As of February 24, 2026, per Amazon’s 2026 proxy statement.

The 10 biggest stockholders listed in the table collectively owned 36% of Amazon’s stock valued at $1 trillion. Bezos’s stake was valued at $255 billion, BlackRock’s at $197 billion, Vanguard Capital’s at $169 billion, and State Street’s at $104 billion.

Amazon’s biggest executive shareholders

Executives and directors, including Bezos and CEO Andrew Jassy, collectively own almost 954 million shares, or an 8.9% stake, according to Amazon’s 2026 proxy statement, and that was valued at $255 billion as of mid-May 2026. After Bezos, Jassy owned the most stock, with 2.3 million shares. Still, neither executive nor director other than Bezos held more than a 1% stake in Amazon. 

Excluding Bezos’s shares, total ownership among 16 executives and directors totaled 3.4 million shares, valued at $920 million, as of mid-May 2026. Jassy’s stake was valued at $621 million, making him the most compensated executive.

Executive or Director

Shares Owned

Jeff Bezos

950,434,581

Andrew R. Jassy

2,313,536

Keith B. Alexander

6,270

Edith W. Cooper

8,222

Jamie S. Gorelick

50,751

Daniel P. Huttenlocher

26,148

Andrew Y. Ng

1,984

Indra K. Nooyi

30,700

Jonathan J. Rubinstein

82,503

Brad D. Smith

19,804

Patricia Q. Stonesifer

53,639

Wendell P. Weeks

46,216

Brian T. Olsavsky

86,097

Matthew S. Garman

10,293

Douglas J. Herrington

528,960

David A. Zapolsky

41,190

Total

953,863,330

As of February 24, 2026, per Amazon’s 2026 proxy statement. Shares based on all current directors and executive officers as a group (17 persons), and includes 122,436 shares beneficially owned by other executive officers not individually listed in the table.

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Amazon was started by Jeff Bezos. To raise money, shares were offered to family, including Bezos’s parents, and friends. 

Bezos’s ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, helped establish Amazon with Bezos. She reportedly received a 4% stake in Amazon in 2019, when her divorce with Bezos was finalized, and that was valued then at about $38 billion. Since then, she has donated billions to nonprofit organizations and to charity.  

Amazon’s stock performance

Amazon went public on May 15, 1997, and its IPO was priced at $18 a share. On a post-split adjusted basis, that put its price at $0.075. At a closing price of around $268 in mid-May 2026, Amazon’s stock rose more than 3,500 times its IPO, indicating that an initial $10,000 investment would be worth $35 million.

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