Jeff Bezos

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Jeff Bezos



  • Net worth: $168.4 billion
  • Source: Amazon
  • Age: 59
  • Residence: Medina, Washington
  • Citizenship: U.S.

Jeff Bezos founded the e-commerce giant Amazon in 1994 and served as its CEO until July 2021, continuing as chairman. In the same month, Bezos ventured into space aboard a rocket from Blue Origin, a private rocket company he established and generously funded. Notably, his wealth increased by $5.8 billion in December 2023, propelled by a rise in Amazon shares.


Prior to launching Amazon.com in his Seattle garage, Bezos worked at the D.E. Shaw hedge fund in New York. Amazon initially focused on online book sales during a time when online shopping was uncommon. The company diversified its reach, dominating cloud storage and entering the production of movies and series for Amazon Prime Video.

 
Bezos surpassed Bill Gates as the world's richest person in July 2017, engaging in a fluctuating rivalry for the top two spots with Gates. He held the title of the world's richest person on Forbes' World's Billionaires list from 2018 to 2021, slipping to second richest in 2022. Bezos briefly dropped to fourth richest but rebounded to the third spot on January 25, 2023, coinciding with a decline in the fortune of India's Gautam Adani, who previously held the third spot.


Following his 2019 divorce from MacKenzie, she received 4% of Amazon's shares as part of the settlement, while Bezos retained 12%. Bezos has progressively sold and donated more of his stake, currently owning just under 10% of the company. Since Amazon's 1997 IPO, Forbes estimates he has sold over $27 billion worth of his stock. 

Additionally, through Bezos Expeditions, he has invested in various companies, including Airbnb and the software firm Workday.


   

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