Bezos hid identity for discount on luxury mansion – plaintiff

Leo Kryss agreed to sell a Miami property for below the asking price, unaware that the Amazon founder was the actual buyer

Brazilian toys and electronics mogul Leo Kryss is suing the real estate agent who he claims persuaded him to knock $6 million off the asking price of his mansion without telling him the buyer was Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

Kryss claims he would not have agreed to the discount and would have extracted more than the $79 million that he sold the property for had he known the world’s second-wealthiest person was behind the bid.

Bezos is currently worth over $200 billion, trailing only Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Bezos bought the 19,000-square-foot mansion on Miami’s Indian Creek island, dubbed the “billionaires’ bunker” for being home to numerous billionaires and celebrities, in October. The house, which boasts a wine cellar, library and theater, was initially listed for $85 million.

Kryss is now taking US real estate company…

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