Capital: | € 98.1 billion |
Age: | 56 |
Born: | 01/12/1964 |
Country of origin: | United States of America |
Source of wealth: | Entrepreneurs |
Last updated: | 2022 |
Short introduction
Jeffrey “Jeff” Preston Bezos is a world -famous American business and investor. He is famous for the establishment of an Amazon online letter ordered company and is still active there as CEO. Bezos has a fairly large asset and is a multi-miliarder. According to Forbes magazine, with an asset of almost $ 100 billion, he is currently the richest person in the world. Jeff Bezos married Mackenzie Bezos from 1993 to 2019 and had a total of four children, one of which was adopted from China. Bezos currently lives in a relationship with presenter Lauren Sanchez.
Early life
Jeff Bezos was born in 1964 under the name Jorgensen in the city of Albuquerque in the state of New New Mexico. His parents Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen and Ted Jorgensen divorced early after Jeff was born. Shortly after divorce, his mother married Cuba Miguel Bezos and adopted his last name. The family of three people then moved to the city of Houston, where the stepfather Jeff Miguel started work with the Exxon oil company. Jeffrey Bezos attended the Oaks Daith School in Houston before moving to Miami. There, young Jeff graduated from the Miami Palmetto Middle School. From 1982 to 1986 he studied electrical engineering and computer science at Princeton University. Jeff completed both courses with the highest grades and thus won a bachelor’s degree (B. SC.). After his first experience in the professional world, with Taiwan Taiwan Fitel cell phone company and the New York Banks Trust and De Shaw & Co., Jeff’s asset management company, together with its business partner David E. Shaw, appeared with the idea of online letter orders for books and thus Put the foundation for the company Amazon.
Career highlights
In 2012, Amazon had $ 61.1 billion in sales and the value of one share in 2013 was $ 200 per share. During his career, Bezos was awarded several prizes. Among other things, he was named “Person of the Year” by Time Magazine in 1999 and “this year’s entrepreneur” by Fortune Magazine in 2012. In 2017 Bezos was inaugurated into “Logistics Hall of Fame” and the following year he received an award Springer.
Success tips
The success of Jeff Bezo did not come from anywhere, as one of the most successful entrepreneurs and the richest people in the world he had some wisdom to succeed. Among other things, Bezos claims that if you act competitively, pay attention to what competitors do and focus on customer orientation, you can do pioneering work. Successful entrepreneurs also have the right words for people who cannot tolerate criticism. Bezos explains very simple that those who cannot tolerate criticism should not create something new or interesting.