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Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ ˈ b eɪ z oʊ s / BAY-zohss; [2] né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company.
Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos is the second-richest man in the world with a net worth of about $250 billion as of late January 2025, according to Forbes. But, believe it or not, not all of his money ...
Back in the 90s, Jeff Bezos went on record as hoping his employees would wake up on the wrong side of the bed—for the greater good, or for the customer at the very least.
Bezos finally decided that his new business would sell books online, because of the large worldwide demand for literature, the low unit price for books, and the huge number of titles available in print. [12] Amazon was founded in the garage of Bezos' rented home in Bellevue. [9] [13] [14] Bezos' parents invested almost $246,000 in the start-up ...
“Jeff Bezos, who I hit it off with in 1999, was looking for a president. He and I hit it off, I still talk to him, he’s an outstanding guy, it was just a bridge too far for me,” Dimon recalled.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is one of the wealthiest people in the world; Forbes recently reported his net worth at $114 billion. It's hard for most of us to imagine being in a similar spot ...
In January 2019, Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Scott, released a joint statement that they would be getting divorced, after 25 years together. [31] [32] In February 2019, Bezos published a statement alleging that National Enquirer publisher American Media, Inc. had attempted blackmail and extortion, in connection with Bezos's affair with ...
FILE - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is seen on the sidelines before the start of an NFL football game, Sept. 15, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. After nearly three decades, Bezos is leaving Seattle.