Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos: Biography in Details

Who is Jeff Bezos?

Jeff Bezos is a technology and retail entrepreneur and investor of America. He is best known as the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Amazon.com He is also the founder and manufacturer of Blue Origin.

He became the richest person in the world for 6 hours with an estimated net worth of 89.8 billion USD.

Jeff Bezos’s Early Life, Childhood, and Education

Talking about the early life, Jeff Bezos was born to a teenage mother on 12 January 1964. He spent his childhood in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. His birth name is Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen.

He is the son of Jacklyn and Ted Jorgensen. His parents divorced when he was four years old. After that, his mother married Miguel Bezos and adopted Jeff. He has a sister named Christina Bezos and a brother named Mark Bezos.

His family moved to Miami, Florida. As for his education, he attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School.

While in high school, he attended the Student Science Training Program at the University of Florida and won a Silver Knight Award in 1982.

After high school graduation, Jeff Bezos enrolled at Princeton University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in 1986.

Jeff Bezos’s Career, Salary, and Net Worth

After graduating from Princeton University, Jeff began his career working on Wall Street in the computer science field.

After that, he worked on building a network for international trade for a company known as Fitel. Shortly, he began working for Bankers Trust.

In 1995, Jeff Bezos made a cross-country drive from New York to Seattle and initially set up the company in his garage.

He founded Amazon.com in 1994 where he started the biggest career of his life. Since then, he has been working as the chairman and chief executive officer of Amazon.com.

He was also one of the first investors in Google, investing $250,000 in 1998. He founded Blue Origin, a human spaceflight startup company in 2000. On August 5, 2013, Bezos announced his purchase of The Washington Post for $250 million in cash.

Jeff Bezos was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 1999. In 2008 he was selected by U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s best leaders.

He was awarded an honorary doctorate in Science and Technology from Carnegie Mellon University in 2008. In 2012, Bezos was named Businessperson of The Year by Fortune.

In 2014, Jeff Bezos was ranked the best CEO in the world by Harvard Business Review.

Jeff Bezos is currently the richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of 187 billion USD.

Jeff Bezos’s Rumors, and Controversy

Talking about the rumors and controversy of Jeff Bezos who is the CEO of Amazon has become the richest man for 6 hours and he has also surpassed Bill Gates by 89.8 billion USD.

There was a rumor that he is having a divorce from his wife MacKenzie Bezos and later the news was true.

Later there were some rumors that the main reason behind their divorce was Jeff was having a secret relationship with anchor Lauren Sanchez.

What are the body measurements of Jeff Bezos?

Moving towards his body measurements, He is 5 Feet 8 Inches(1.76m) tall and his weight is 75 kg.

His hairstyle is Bald and his eye color is light brown.

Is Jeff Bezos active on social media?

Jeff Bezos is active on social media such as Twitter and Instagram account but he does not use a Facebook account.

Jeff Bezos has more than 1.7 million followers on his Twitter account and 2.6 million followers on his Instagram account.

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