Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos

Founder Profile:

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos is the founder and CEO of the global e-commerce company Amazon, owner of The Washington Post, and founder of the space exploration company Blue Origin.

His successful business ventures have made him one of the richest people in the world. Born in 1964 in New Mexico, Bezos had an early love of computers and studied computer science and electrical engineering at Princeton University. After graduation, he worked on Wall Street, and in 1990 he became the youngest senior vice president at the investment firm D.E. Shaw. 

Four years later, Bezos quit his lucrative job to open Amazon.com, an online bookstore that became one of the Internet’s biggest success stories. In 2013, Bezos purchased The Washington Post, and in 2017 Amazon acquired Whole Foods. In February 2021, Amazon announced that Bezos will step down as CEO in the third quarter of the year.

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Companies Founded By Jeff Bezos

Comapnies Founded Position
Amazon Founder
Blue Origin Founder
Bezos Expiditions Founder
The Washington Post Owner

About Jeff Bezos

Full Name Jeffrey Preston Bezos
Age 58 Years Old (As Of 2022)
Date Of Birth January 12, 1964
Place Of Birth Albuquerque, New Mexico
Nationality American
Gender Male
Profession Founder, CEO, Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, Producer, Investor
Net Worth $140.6 Billion
School Princeton University
Awards The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal, Time Person of the Year (1999), Axel Springer Award, Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization, Logistik Hall of Fame, AAAS Fellow

Frequently Asked Questions:

No, Jeff Bezos did not grow up rich, and does not come from a wealthy family. His parents were only in their early teens when Jeff Bezos was born (17 and 18 years old).

Jeff Bezos got rich from founding Amazon in the early 1990's. While the road to success for Amazon was not an easy one, it paid off for Bezos, as today Amazon is estimated to be worth around $1.7 Trillian dollars, and Jeff Bezos is estimated to personally be worh $140.6 Billion dollars.

Based on his salary and net worth (2022), current calculations show that Jeff Bezos makes around $210 million dollars every day in 2022.

Jeff Bezos is not the richest man in the world in 2022. The current richest man in the world is Elon Musk.

Books By Jeff Bezos

Book Title Publication Date Author
Jeff Bezos: Biography of a Billionaire Business Titan July 2, 2019 Elliot Reynolds

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