Yeah that was true by the time of his 1999 interview on 60 minutes, when the interviewer joked about him driving a cheap Honda:
https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/this-jeff-bezo...
https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/this-jeff-bezo...
that was already true a long time ago, you don't need to be one of the wealthiest people on the planet before you don't have to work anymore.