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

The billionaire is buying The Washington Post for $250 million.

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.

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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.

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