Membership into Miami’s most exclusive club is something money can’t buy—and Jeff Bezos is among those standing outside, looking in

Jeff Bezos has spent hundreds of millions of dollars buying his way into one of Miami’s most exclusive neighborhoods.

But even the founder of Amazon , which sits atop the Fortune 500 , has yet to squeeze his way into the private club at the center of it.

Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sanchez Bezos, remain outside the membership rolls of Indian Creek Country Club, an invitation-only club on Indian Creek Island—the ultrawealthy Miami enclave commonly known as the “Billionaire Bunker.” Bezos owns three properties on the island that he purchased for a combined $234 million, according to public records .

The buying spree began in 2023, when he paid $68 million for a property on the island.

He later bought the roughly 19,000-square foot home next door for $79 million and added a third property in 2024 for $87 million.

The purchases have made Bezos one of the most prominent newcomers to an enclave built around privacy, security and extreme wealth.

Indian Creek Village, which is separate from the club, is an incorporated municipality on a roughly 300-acre island accessible by gated bridge or boat.

It maintains its own police force, and the vast majority of the island’s land belongs to the country club. (function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})(); But owning property there does not make someone a member of the Indian Creek Country Club.

That distinction became particularly clear this year.

Bezos and Sanchez Bezos attended the club’s annual dock party in February as special guests, according to the Wall Street Journal .

Bezos mingled with members at the party, including real-estate executive Richard LeFrak and businessman Eddie Lampert, the report said.

People who attended the event told the Journal Bezos was using the gathering as an opportunity to meet members and improve his prospects of being admitted.

Six months later, however, he is still not a member of the club.

Jeff Bezos and Indian Creek Country Club did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fortune .