Jeff Bezos
Founder of Amazon, Blue Origin
Jeffrey Preston Bezos was born on January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, and graduated from Princeton University in 1986 with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. Before founding Amazon, he worked on Wall Street for various companies, including Fitel, Bankers Trust, and D.E. Shaw & Co.
In 1994, he founded Amazon, transforming it into a global e-commerce and cloud services platform. Today, he is the founder of the aerospace company Blue Origin, the owner of The Washington Post, and since 2021, he has served as the executive chairman of Amazon's board of directors.
1986
After graduating from Princeton University, he worked on Wall Street in computer science
1994
Founded Amazon.com, with initial investments totaling $300,000
2000
Founded the aerospace company Blue Origin
2013
Bezos bought the American publishing house The Washington Post for $250 million
2018
American television channel CNN named Amazon founder Jeff Bezos the richest person in history
2021
Bezos made a commercial suborbital space flight (Blue Origin NS-16 flight) on the New Shepard spacecraft with his brother Mark Bezos, 18-year-old Oliver Daemen, and 82-year-old Wally Funk
