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

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