Bezos, Jeffrey Preston
Born: Jan 12, 1964 AD
Currently alive, at 48 years of age.
Nationality:
American
Categories:
Businessmen
1964 - Born on the 12th of January in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is the founder, president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of Amazon.com.
1979 - Migrated to the United States alone at age 15 and worked his way through the University of Albuquerque.
1994 - Graduated at Princeton University with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering.
- Founded Amazon.com and became one of the most prominent dot-com entrepreneurs.
1999 - He was TIME magazine's Person of the Year.
- He was the pioneer of online commerce.
2006 - His wealth is primarily derived from his holding of Amazon.com stock; at the end of 06' he held just over 100 million shares of common stock, representing 24.26% of all Amazon.com shares (in 98' he held 41% of all shares).
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