The richest man on the planet, the owner of one of the largest companies in the world, a publishing house and his own aerospace agency. Dreamer and adventurer, happy family man and father of four children. It's all about Jeff Bezos.
Jeff Bezos (Jeff Bezos) is a businessman who is known to many as the founder and permanent leader of the Amazon.com online store. He was born on January 12 in 1964 in the town of Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America.
Childhood and youth
Jeff never met his biological father. The boy was born when his mother was only 17 years old. Only four years later she managed to arrange her personal life. She became the wife of Cuban immigrant Miguel Bezos. The man adopted Jeff and had a great influence on the formation of his personality.
At an early age, Jeff delighted parents and everyone around him with his original thinking. One day he did not want to go to bed because he didn’t like the crib. The boy could not think of anything better than to try to disassemble it with a screwdriver. As a teenager, he himself designed the alarm, thanks to which younger brothers and sisters could not sneak into his room unnoticed. At school, Jeff was considered one of the best students, and therefore it was he who was assigned to deliver a speech on behalf of the graduates.
The guy effortlessly entered Princeton University, choosing one of the prestigious faculties with very difficult courses - the faculty of electronic measuring instruments. Even then, Jeff understood that computers were the future, so he studied programming in addition to the university program. By the time he graduated from the university, he was already considered a professional in both electrical engineering and computer science.
In 1986 he found a job on Wall Street, where he began to pursue a career in computer technology. Among his other projects was the development of an international trade network.
Amazon.com
Jeff Bezos has managed to build a dizzying career. He soon became vice president of a large company D. E. Shaw & Co, but for a number of reasons leaves his post in mid-summer 1994. In the same year, he opens an online store Amazon.com - one of the first sites that allows you to purchase consumer goods through the Global Network. Opening a store in a rapidly expanding virtual space cost Jeff $ 300,000. It is believed that the site started its work on July 16, 1995, but in fact, by that time it had not been debugged, errors constantly appeared. For example, some users were surprised to notice that they can order a negative amount of textbooks and other literature. Bezos was in a hurry: his project was one of the first, and therefore the desire to get ahead of competitors seemed more important than quality. However, soon all the shortcomings were eliminated. In 1997, Amazon.com shares went public.
Curious facts
In 2000, Jeff Bezos invested in the design and launch of private space shuttles. He dreamed so badly to make space travel available to everyone as soon as possible that he founded an aerospace agency, built a spaceport on his own ranch and launched the Blue Origin project.
In 2013, he buys The Washington Post publishing holding for $ 250 million.
Another interesting fact of Jeff's biography is the acting experiment. In one of the scenes of the movie "Star Trek: Infinity" he played the role of an alien.
To find the perfect life partner, Bezos arranged a real casting. The main requirement was that the girl think outside the box and could constantly surprise him. As a result, Jeff's wife was a woman named Mackenzie who worked for his company. The marriage was successful. Soon, children appeared in the family: first, one after the other, three sons, and then the couple adopted a Chinese girl.
Finance
In November 2017, Jeff Bezos was recognized as the wealthiest person on the planet. His fortune as of November 24 was estimated at $ 100 billion, and after a month and a half it had already grown to $ 106 billion. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg and Amancio Ortega are right behind Jeff in the top five richest people.
Amazon shares are constantly increasing in value. Since the beginning of 2018, they have risen in price by more than a quarter.
In March 2018, Jeff had a net worth of $ 131 billion.
