Jeff Bezos Biography

Jeff Bezos is an American technology entrepreneur and the founder of the e-commerce giant Amazon.com. Born to Jacklyn Gise and Ted Jorgensen, he was adopted by Miguel Bezos, a Cuban immigrant, after his mother married him. As a child, Bezos spent his summers laying pipes, vaccinating cattle, and fixing windmills at his grandfather’s ranch in Texas. He attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School and later earned a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University, graduating with high honors (summa cum laude). Early in his career, he worked on Wall Street for companies such as Fitel, Bankers Trust, and D. E. Shaw & Co., where he became the youngest Vice President. Despite his success in finance, Bezos decided to quit the field and founded Amazon.com in 1994, as an online bookstore. Over time, he introduced features such as one-click shopping, customer reviews, and e-mail order verification. Amazon expanded its inventory to include a vast array of products, including clothes, CDs, toys, jewelry, watches, electronics, and shoes. Bezos continually improved the website, introducing innovative facilities for customers. His childhood dream of space travel led to the founding of Blue Origin, an aerospace company focused on developing technologies to make space travel accessible to the public. Jeff Bezos is widely recognized as one of the wealthiest individuals in the world, with an estimated net worth of over $233.5 billion, driven by Amazon's monumental success and his other ventures.