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Jeff Bezos
Bezos in 2017
Born
Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen
(1964-01-12) January 12, 1964 (age 60)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Education
Princeton University (BSE)
Occupations
Businessman
Media proprietor
Investor
Known for
Founding Amazon
Title
Founder and executive chairman of Amazon
Founder of Blue Origin
Owner of The Washington Post
Founder of Bezos Expeditions
Executive Chair of Bezos Earth Fund
Founder of Bezos Academy
Spouse
MacKenzie Scott
(m. 1993; div. 2019)
Partner(s)
Lauren Sánchez (2019–present; engaged)
Children
4
Parents
Jackie Bezos
Ted Jorgensen
Relatives
Mark Bezos (half-brother)[1]
Signature
Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ˈbeɪzoʊs/BAY-zohss;[2]né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman, media proprietor and investor. He is the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. He is the second wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of about US$205 billion as of April 5, 2024.[3] He was also the wealthiest from 2017 to 2021, according to both the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes.[4]
Bezos was born in Albuquerque and raised in Houston and Miami. He graduated from Princeton University in 1986 with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. He worked on Wall Street in a variety of related fields from 1986 to early 1994. Bezos founded Amazon in mid 1994 on a road trip from New York City to Seattle. The company began as an online bookstore and has since expanded to a variety of other e-commerce products and services, including video and audio streaming, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. It is the world's largest online sales company, the largest Internet company by revenue, and the largest provider of virtual assistants and cloud infrastructure services through its Amazon Web Services branch.
Bezos founded the aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company Blue Origin in 2000. Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle reached space in 2015 and afterwards successfully landed back on Earth; he flew into space on Blue Origin NS-16 in 2021. He also purchased the major American newspaper The Washington Post in 2013 for $250 million and manages many other investments through his venture capital firm, Bezos Expeditions. In September 2021, Bezos co-founded Altos Labs with Mail.ru founder Yuri Milner.[5]
The first centibillionaire on the Forbes Real Time Billionaires Index and the second ever to have eclipsed the feat since Bill Gates in 1999, Bezos was named the "richest man in modern history" after his net worth increased to $150 billion in July 2018.[6] In August 2020, according to Forbes, he had a net worth exceeding $200 billion. On July 5, 2021, Bezos stepped down as the CEO and president of Amazon and took over the role of executive chairman. Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy succeeded Bezos as the CEO and president of Amazon. In October 2023, he was ranked second on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans, with a net worth of $161 billion.
^Jonge, Peter de (March 14, 1999). "Riding the Wild, Perilous Waters of Amazone.com". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 9, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
^"Jeff Bezos pronounces his name". The Washington Post. 2009. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2013.; and Robinson (2010), p. 7.
^"Bloomberg Billionaire Index – Jeff Bezos". Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
^"Jeff Bezos". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
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^"This Is The Richest Person in the World". Forbes. 2019. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
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