Bezos' billionaire-ness is partly on paper (based on Amazon's valuation) and partly acquired by selling his shares in Amazon. The money comes from investors gam

Bezos' billionaire-ness is partly on paper (based on Amazon's valuation) and partly acquired by selling his shares in Amazon. The money comes from investors gambling on the future value of the company, not from skimming off the money that Amazon actually makes. The two things are taxed completely separately, and this article is only about taxing Amazon itself, not its investors.