PHOTO: Did Bezos, who has cannily guided Amazon to supreme retail dominance, really get played?
Jeff Bezos has been shopping Los Angeles’ priciest properties of late, and he’s reportedly found the perfect person for some high-end wheeling and dealing: record producer David Geffen, who just sold him the Warner estate for $165 million—a record price for the Los Angeles area.
In a manner befitting such a luxury deal, Bezos and Geffen worked through final negotiations on Geffen’s yacht, the Rising Sun, according to the Real Deal. No real estate agents were involved in this transaction; Geffen had been quietly shopping the property on his own over the past two years.
“These houses simply do not get listed,” says California-based real estate developer Tyler Drew. “The clientele who purchase them are the richest of the rich. If you want one, you somehow have to get on Geffen’s yacht and on his good side.
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