Jeffrey p bezos biography
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Jeffrey P. Bezos
We understand you were born in Albuquerque. Did you grow up there?
Jeff Bezos: No, inom left Albuquerque when inom was about four. We moved to Houston, Texas.
What was it like for you growing up?
Jeff Bezos: Well, inom had what I considered to be an idyllic childhood. inom mean, inom had two parents who loved me incredibly. inom also had a tremendous amount of contact with my grandparents — my mom&#;s parents. In fact, I spent all my summers on my grandfather&#;s ranch not far from where we&#;re sitting right now, not far from San Antonio. And, inom spent three months every year from the age of kvartet to the age of 16 working on the ranch with my grandfather, which was just an incredible, incredible experience. Ranchers — and anybody inom think who works in rural areas — they learn how to be very self-reliant, and whether they&#;re farmers, whatever it is they&#;re doing, they have to rely on themselves for a lot of things. My grandfather did sort of all of his own veterinary care on
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Jeff Bezos
present
Who Is Jeff Bezos?
Entrepreneur and e-commerce pioneer Jeff Bezos is the founder and executive chair of the e-commerce company Amazon, owner of The Washington Post, and founder of the space exploration company Blue Origin. Born in in New Mexico, Bezos had an early love of computers and studied computer science and electrical engineering at Princeton University. After graduation, he worked on Wall Street, and in , he became the youngest senior vice president at the investment firm D.E. Shaw. Four years later, Bezos quit his lucrative job to open , an online bookstore that became one of the internet’s biggest success stories. He started Blue Origin in , then in , Bezos purchased The Washington Post. In , Amazon acquired Whole Foods. His successful business ventures have made him one of the richest people in the world; his estimated net worth is $ billion as of May
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Jeffrey Preston Bezos
BORN: January 12,
BIRTHPLACE: Albuquerque,
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Jeff Bezos
American businessman (born )
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Jeffrey Preston Bezos (BAY-zohss;[2]né&#;Jorgensen; born January 12, ) 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.
According to Forbes, as of 17 February , Bezos' estimated net worth stood at US$ billion, making him the third richest individual in the world[3], behind Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. He was the wealthiest person from to , according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.[4][5]
Bezos was born in Albuquerque and raised in Houston and Miami. He graduated from Princeton University in with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. He worked on Wall Street in a variety of related fields from to early Bezos founded Amazon in mid on a road trip from