Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ ˈ b eɪ z oʊ s / BAY-zohss; [2] né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company.

Jan 24, 2025 · Jeff Bezos (born January 12, 1964, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.) is an American entrepreneur who played a key role in the growth of e-commerce as the founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com, Inc., an online merchant of books and later of a wide variety of products.

Jan 12, 2025 · Jeff Bezos, the second-richest man alive, turned 61 years old on Sunday. Since his youth in New Mexico, Bezos has gone through college, founded several companies — you may have heard of a few of...

2 days ago · 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.

Jan 17, 2025 · Lalka recalled a 2016 interview where Bezos was asked about a $1.25 million donation by venture capitalist Peter Thiel to Trump’s campaign. Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and has provided funding ...

2 days ago · CEO of Tesla Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos are the two wealthiest people in the world and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett is not far behind in the eighth spot, according to Forbes.Each of these magnates is worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Meanwhile, the average person in the U.S. makes about $64,000 a year, according to SoFi.

May 23, 2023 · Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos is the founder and executive chair of Amazon. One of the richest people in the world, he owns Blue Origin and “The Washington Post.”

Jan 15, 2025 · Hundreds of employees at The Washington Post sent a letter to Jeff Bezos on Tuesday evening, asking the Amazon founder for a meeting amid widespread concern about the future of the newspaper.

Aug 25, 2023 · Jeff Bezos began his career as a hedge funder in New York before leaving to start Amazon—and became one of the world's richest people. Read more about Bezos, here.