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Jeff Bezos

Also known as Jeffrey Preston Bezos, Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen, Jeffrey Bezos, Jeffrey Jorgensen, Jeff Jorgensen

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American businessman, 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 December 2025, Bezos's estimated net worth is US$239.4 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the world. He was the wealthiest person from 2017 to 2021, according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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Jeff Bezos is a male American entrepreneur, computer scientist, commercial astronaut, and business oligarch. Born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen in Albuquerque in 1964, he resides in Medina. He is educated at Princeton University and speaks English and Spanish. His professional career includes roles as chief executive officer and chairman of the executive board at Amazon, as well as employment at Bankers Trust and D.E. Shaw.

Bezos has received several awards, including Time Person of the Year, Time 100, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Knight of the Legion of Honour. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa Society, and National Academy of Engineering. His notable works include *Invent and Wander* and *Bankable Business Plans*. He has had four children and is married to MacKenzie Scott and Lauren Sánchez.

A significant event in his life was a sub-orbital spaceflight. His net worth is listed as 204600000000. He is referenced by 1,394 other encyclopedia articles.

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Bankable Business Plans : a Successful Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Growing Any Business
Success Rules of Billionaires
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Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ˈbeɪzoʊs/ BAY-zohss; né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman, the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. According to estimates published by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes in 2026, Bezos's net worth was estimated at approximately US$284.1 billion, placing him among the world's wealthiest individuals by those rankings. He was the wealthiest person from 2017 to 2021, according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Bezos was born in Albuquerque, and raised in Houston and Miami. He graduated from Princeton University in 1986 with a degree in engineering. He worked on Wall Street in a variety of related fields from 1986 to early 1994. Bezos founded Amazon in mid-1994 on a road trip from New York City to Seattle. The company began as an online bookstore and has since expanded to a variety of other e-commerce products and services, including video and audio streaming, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. It is the world's largest online sales company, the largest Internet company by revenue, and the largest provider of virtual assistants and cloud infrastructure services through its Amazon Web Services branch.

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