Jeffrey Preston „Jeff“ Bezos
Chairman and Founder, Amazon
Net worth in 2022 : $ 151 billion
Personal Stats
Age : age 58 in 2022
Birth: January 12th 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Source of Wealth: Amazon
Citizenship: United States
Resting place: Medina, Washington
Children: 4
Education: Miami Palmetto Senior High School (Miami, Florida),Bachelor of Arts/Science, Princeton University
Known for: Amazon
Height: 1,71m (5,61 feet)
Short Facts:
- His parents were 17 and 18 years old when he was born
- he worked on his maternal grandparents’ ranch in Cotulla, Texas, early in his life
- graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1986, with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science.
- Founded Amazon on 1994 – owns 9,8% of the company ( $ 1.219,13 billion worth in 2022)
- Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post and affiliated publications for $250 million in 2013.
- Bezos had a cameo as a Starfleet official in the 2016 film “Star Trek Beyond.“
- Before deciding on Amazon as a company name, Bezos originally thought of calling his online bookselling company Cadabra
Founded/Co-Founder/Bought:
- Amazon
- Audible
- Wohle Foods Market
- Zappos
- Twitch Interactive
- IMBD
- Kindle
- Amazon Robotics
- The Washington Post
- Blue Origin
- Bezos Earth Fund
- Bezos Expeditions
Companies Jeff Bezos invested in:
- Airbnb
- Basecamp
- Business Insider
- Chipper Cash
- Convoy
- Denali Therapeutics
- Domo
- Everfi
- Fundbox
- Glassybaby
- Grail
- Insitro
- Uber
- Nextdoor
- Pilot
- Whylabs
- Workday
- Mark43
- Juno Therpeutics
- Resclae
- Makerbot
- Nautilius Biotechnology
- …
Quotes:
„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
“If you double the number of experiments you do per year you’re going to double your inventiveness.” – Jeff Bezos
“Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.” – Jeff Bezos
“A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.” – Jeff Bezos