贝索斯为蓝色起源引入首轮外部融资 估值约1400亿美元 称数年后可能上市
亚马逊创始人杰夫·贝索斯本月证实，他创办的太空公司蓝色起源（Blue Origin）已完成成立26年来的首轮外部融资，引入100亿美元机构资金；据《华尔街日报》9月披露，这轮融资对蓝色起源的估值约为1400亿美元。
贝索斯10月7日在一个行业活动上确认了这一资本结构变化，并表示自己如今「能相当清楚地看到蓝色起源的财务前景」。他透露，自2000年创办以来，他个人已向蓝色起源投入约280亿美元——过去这些钱主要来自他逐年出售亚马逊股票。谈到上市，他说蓝色起源「未来数年内」可能进行首次公开募股（IPO），但不会很快。
贝索斯还在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角的蓝色起源工厂接受Fox News主持人Bret Baier专访，为财富创造辩护：「成功不是罪过。」他说，打造出一家极其成功的企业不是社会应当道歉或怀疑的事。马斯克在X上转发访谈片段写道：「干得好！我很高兴杰夫·贝索斯如此在乎太空。」
蓝色起源随后宣布在德州投资5.5亿美元建设卫星制造综合体Constellation Park，为其重型火箭「新格伦」（New Glenn）配套卫星组装；新格伦计划于12月复飞。蓝色起源仍在追赶马斯克的SpaceX，后者在今年6月上市后估值达约1.77万亿美元。据《福布斯》，贝索斯目前以约3800亿美元身家位列全球富豪榜第二。
Bezos Opens Blue Origin to Outside Investors at $140B Valuation, Eyes IPO in Coming Years
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos confirmed this month that his space company Blue Origin has closed its first-ever outside funding round - $10 billion from institutional investors - in the company's 26-year history. The Wall Street Journal reported in September that the round valued Blue Origin at about $140 billion.
Bezos confirmed the shift at an industry event on October 7, saying he now sees Blue Origin's financial future "with some clarity." He disclosed that he has personally invested about $28 billion in the company since founding it in 2000, funded largely by selling Amazon shares year by year. On going public, he said Blue Origin will likely pursue an IPO "possibly several years from now."
In an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier filmed on Blue Origin's Cape Canaveral factory floor, Bezos offered an unapologetic defense of wealth creation: "Success is not villainy." Building a massively successful enterprise, he said, is not something society should apologize for or view with suspicion. Elon Musk applauded on X: "Bravo! I'm glad Jeff Bezos cares so much about space."
Blue Origin has also announced a $550 million satellite manufacturing complex, Constellation Park, in Texas, to build satellites for its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket, which is slated to return to flight in December. Blue Origin still trails Musk's SpaceX, which reached a valuation of about $1.77 trillion after its June public listing. Forbes estimates Bezos's net worth at about $380 billion, ranking him second in the world.
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