From my understanding, Bezos makes most of his money from stock valuation. Amazon doesn't pay taxes because they spend (reinvest) it into the business as fast as they get it. he sells stock from time to time to maintain his lifestyle. he gets about $1 per day as salary. "During the tenure of Bezos as Amazon CEO, he has been paid just over $80k per year in base salary. In addition, the founder received $1 in security fees and travel expenses for business. There are 6 million people. As a result, Bezos takes home about $1 per day between his base salary and other compensations. Every year, they spend $7 millio"...... Based on his 1998 salary, his base salary remains $81,840. Additionally, he receives $1,681,840 in compensation on top of his salary. Based on these figures, the monthly amount works out to $140,153, $32,343, a week, $4,608, a day, or $192 per hour. It takes about 20 seconds.