If You Were Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, What Would You Buy?

Written by Margaret Santjer.

The media world was abuzz Monday with news that Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bezos is buying The Washington Post for $250 million.

Seattle-based Amazon isn’t involved in the purchase–Bezos himself, whose net worth is listed at $25.2 billion on Forbes, will be the sole owner, The Post reported.

So, if you were Jeff Bezos, how would you have spent $250 million? On something closer to home? Tell us in the comments.

Bezos, in an interview, called The Post “an important institution” and expressed optimism about its future. “I don’t want to imply that I have a worked-out plan,” he said. “This will be uncharted terrain, and it will require experimentation.”

Here’s the statement Bezos sent to Post employees.