Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ ˈbeɪzoʊs / BAY-zohss; [2] né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) 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.

Sep 25, 2022 · The story is this – in 1998 when Larry Page’s and Sergey Brin’s Google offices were a Menlo Park, California garage – Bezos invested $250,000 of personal funds into the fledgling search engine in a $1 million follow-on investment round.

Nov 27, 2023 · In 1998, four years after launching Amazon, Bezos invested in a small search engine startup operating out of a garage in Menlo Park, California. This startup, nurtured by the genius of Larry Page...

Jan 20, 2025 · The world’s three wealthiest people attended multiple inauguration morning events: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (worth $239.4 billion according to Forbes’ estimates), Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg ...

May 22, 2024 · Jeff Bezos was among the earliest investors of Google. The Amazon founder made a $250,000 investment in Google because he loved Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

6 days ago · Jeff Bezos (born January 12, 1964, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.) is an American entrepreneur who played a key role in the growth of e-commerce as the founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com, Inc., an online merchant of …

As of Feb. 21, 2024, Jeff Bezos has a net worth of $191 billion, making him the third-richest person in the world. His fortune eclipses that of Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and...

Aug 25, 2023 · Jeff Bezos began his career as a hedge funder in New York before leaving to start Amazon—and became one of the world's richest people. Read more about Bezos, here.

May 23, 2023 · American entrepreneur Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon and space exploration company Blue Origin. His successful business ventures have made him one of the richest people in the world.

Sep 23, 2020 · As Google's market cap soars above $1 trillion, an investment Jeff Bezos made in the then-startup would have been up 20,000% percent today.