Jeff Bezos (original) (raw)
- Jeff Bezos founded e-commerce giant Amazon in 1994 out of his Seattle garage.
- Bezos stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman in 2021. He owns a bit less than 10% of the company.
- He and his wife MacKenzie divorced in 2019 after 25 years of marriage and he transferred a quarter of his then-16% Amazon stake to her.
- In 2020, Bezos committed to donate 10billiontoclimatecausesby2030throughhisBezosEarthFund;hehasgranted10 billion to climate causes by 2030 through his Bezos Earth Fund; he has granted 10billiontoclimatecausesby2030throughhisBezosEarthFund;hehasgranted2 billion so far.
- He owns The Washington Post and Blue Origin, an aerospace company developing rockets; he briefly flew to space in one in July 2021.
- Bezos said in a November 2022 interview with CNN that he plans to give away the majority of his wealth in his lifetime, without disclosing specific details.
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Personal Stats
Age
61
Source of Wealth
Amazon, Self Made
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2
Residence
Miami, Florida
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Engaged
Children
4
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Princeton University
Did you know
Growing up, Bezos worked summers on his grandfather's ranch repairing Caterpillar tractors.
Bezos met Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 and managed to become one of the company's first angel investors, putting in an estimated $250,000.
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I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.
Jeff Bezos
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