The Amazon founder is part of a consortium led by businessman Amit Bhatia, which also includes Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, and is set to acquire a stake now reported to be closer to one-third of the Premier League club, having initially been mooted at slightly more than 30 per cent.
Fenway Sports Group (FSG), which has controlled Liverpool since 2010, are preparing to announce the deal, which would bring three extremely wealthy investors into the club's ownership structure.
Bezos is estimated to have a fortune in the region of $245bn-$280bn depending on the source, while Saverin is reportedly worth over $32bn. Bhatia, meanwhile, is the son-in-law of Indian steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal and was previously a shareholder in Championship side Queens Park Rangers.
The proposed investment would value Liverpool at more than $6bn (£4.5bn), making it one of the biggest transactions involving a football club and comparable to recent deals struck for stakes in Manchester United and Chelsea.
FSG would remain the club's controlling shareholders and continue to run Liverpool day to day, though the arrival of investors with such enormous financial resources is likely to raise questions about the club's long-term ownership structure, with speculation that they may eventually seek greater control.
FSG bought Liverpool for around £300m in 2010, when the club was facing significant financial difficulties, and have since overseen a sixth Champions League triumph and two Premier League titles.
The group, which also owns the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Penguins, confirmed last month that Bhatia's consortium had expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment, with a spokesperson saying: "An investment consortium led, managed, and represented by Amit Bhatia has expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment in Liverpool Football Club."
It would not be the first minority stake FSG has sold, having previously brought in US investment firm Dynasty Equity for £164m in 2023, a deal largely used to help cover the club's debt.
Should the deal go through, it would represent Bezos' first equity investment in a major European football club, adding him to a growing list of American billionaires with interests across the Premier League - around half of the division's 20 clubs currently have predominantly US-based ownership, including newly crowned champions Arsenal.