Jeff Bezos
12 January 1964 – present
Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur who founded the online retailer Amazon in 1994 and built it into one of the largest companies in the world. He also founded the spaceflight company Blue Origin in 2000 and bought The Washington Post in 2013. He stepped down as Amazon's chief executive in 2021, becoming executive chairman, and flew on Blue Origin's first crewed suborbital flight later that month.
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Life events
Born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen; he took the surname of his stepfather, Miguel Bezos.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTook degrees in electrical engineering and computer science before working on Wall Street.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMarried a colleague from the hedge fund D. E. Shaw; the couple had four children.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgStarted the company in a garage in the Seattle area after leaving D. E. Shaw.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAmazon completed its initial public offering on the Nasdaq.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSet up a privately funded aerospace company to develop reusable launch vehicles.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAcquired the newspaper in a personal purchase separate from Amazon.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe couple's divorce was completed after 25 years of marriage.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHanded the role to Andy Jassy and became executive chairman.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTravelled aboard New Shepard on a short flight past the Karman line from West Texas.
Source: en.wikipedia.org