Why do technology tycoons like to settle in Seattle?

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BI Chinese station 65438+1reported on October 23rd.

The two richest people in the world, Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, and Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, are actually neighbors.

The founders of these two technology companies both live in the small town of Medina, Washington, and the distance between them is no more than 1 mile. Medina is a mysterious town, located in the suburb of Seattle, which is a famous rich area. The average house price here exceeds 2.7 million dollars.

In fact, Bill Gates is not the only Microsoft executive who has settled in Seattle, although his high-tech mansion is worth $654.38+$25 million. In addition, Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft, and Charles Simone, the father of Word and Excel, a famous space tourist, all bought luxury houses worth at least millions of dollars in Seattle.

In addition, James Jannard, founder and chairman of Oakley sunglasses brand, and howard schultz, former CEO and current chairman of Starbucks, also live in this area.

For Bezos and Gates, the short commute time should be the main reason.

About ten years ago, Bezos came to Seattle to start Amazon. Gates also moved Microsoft's headquarters to Redmond, Washington, which is only 20 minutes' drive from Gates' mansion.

According to the Seattle Times, in the past 20 years, Bezos has transformed the neighborhood in the South Lake Alliance area of Seattle into "Amazon Lake", where there are many Amazon employees. At the same time, Bezos also chose a site for his blue origin space company, 25 miles south of Medina.

But soon Bezos will travel back and forth between the two cities, because Amazon is choosing a site for the company's new headquarters "HQ2". Some people speculate that Bezos will choose Washington, D.C. as the location of Amazon's new headquarters. Because in the famous Karaomar community, Bezos also owns a mansion worth $23 million. In addition, as another industry owned by Bezos, Washington post is headquartered in Washington, D.C. (Compile/Yin Xi)