"CEO, entrepreneur
Born in 1964JeffreyJeffrey BezosCome on, Jeffrey, you can do itPave the way, put your back into itTell us whyShow us howLook at where you came fromLook at you now"(c) Bo Burnham - Jeffrey Bezos song
Amazon's Jeff Bezos: The richest person
in the world
Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur and founder of e-commerce giant Amazon.com. He attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School, and took his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University graduating ‘summa cum laude’. He worked on Wall Street in companies such as Fitel, Bankers Trust and D. E. Shaw & Co, New York.
He became the youngest Vice President at D. E. Shaw & Co. In spite of success, he decided to quit the field of finance. He founded Amazon.com, an online book store, and later introduced features including one-click shopping, customer reviews, and e-mail order verification. He expanded it to include various other items including clothes, CDs, toys, jewellery, watches, electronics and shoes. He has constantly been improving his web site, and introducing improved facilities for his customers. His childhood dream of space travel spurred the founding of Blue Origin, an aerospace company that is developing technologies to offer space travel to customers. Bloomberg Billionaires Index listed Bezos as one of the wealthiest people in the world with an estimated net worth of $28 billion.
