D&D General Is Bezos a huge D&D fan?

[dave2008]

First, sorry for the click bait, but I didn't know who else to ask. I heard a story this weekend that suggested Jeff Bezos (founder and CEO of Amazon) is a really big D&D fan / player and wondered if anyone else had heard this before. Just wondering if this is generally known or not. Again, sorry for the click bait.

The Dungeon in the Basement

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My son is in his first year at university and one of his dorm friends is a friend of Bezos' son Preston (close enough to have flown on their jet and been to their house). According to my son, Bezos has a "dungeon" in their house with the sole purpose of playing Dungeons and Dragons. I just thought it was kinda cool and wondered if this was an established thing I was clueless about it or if got a little inside info from my son

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I haven't heard that. Several other less prominent tech CEOs are I believe but they're all younger (30s and 40s). Bezos is 56 and thus of the age where being a D&D/RPG fan still is a little less common than it is with people around 40.

It's entirely possible of course. That said last I heard Bezos had an entirely different kind of "dungeon" but that's not a fit discussion for this site.

 

[Aldarc]

My ability to care about what Bezos likes is proportionate to the amount of his income that he actually bothers paying in taxes.

 

[dave2008]

My ability to care about what Bezos likes is proportionate to the amount of his wealth that he actually bothers paying in taxes.

Query, I have heard tell Amazon pays next to nothing in taxes, but I am not familiar with his personal tax contribution.

 

[jasper]

Or it could be another type of dungeon and cosplay......

 

[GreyLord]

I would not be surprised if he is a fan.

Amazon was originally a booksite, and many of those that were really really big into books were Fantasy Fans and Sci Fi novel fans...were also RPG fans (not necessarily D&D).

Considering the placement of D&D on his site...bolsters my thoughts...

But...really, I don't know, just wouldn't be surprised.

Though, if he has a basement/dungeon for D&D I would expect that it may be more than just D&D but multipurpose for many forms of entertainment...sort of like a large mancave.

For example, I have the mancave with probably close to 700 boardgames, D&D games, and TV/Video games.

I also have my own library (different area of the house) which also has a lot of RPG books along with other books and novels (I think it's getting close to 5000 books on the shelves and possibly 2000-5000 in storage at this point).

So it could also be that he has one area of the house devoted to D&D or more, and another to other hobbies.

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

My ability to care about what Bezos likes is proportionate to the amount of his wealth that he actually bothers paying in taxes.

You pay tax on income, not wealth.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

You pay tax on income, not wealth.

I pay taxes on both.

 

[Aldarc]

You pay tax on income, not wealth.

You win the 1st Place Prize sticker for winning at Semantics.

 

[lowkey13]

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