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Amazon founder; Blue Origin founder
Jeff Bezos built Amazon from an online bookstore into a business spanning commerce, cloud computing and digital media.
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Jeff Bezos built Amazon from an online bookstore into a business spanning commerce, cloud computing and digital media. He moved from CEO to executive chair in 2021. His other work includes Blue Origin, ownership of The Washington Post, and the Bezos Earth Fund.
- Current role
- Amazon founder; Blue Origin founder
- Born
- 12 January 1964
- Previously
- D. E. Shaw; Amazon CEO, 1994–2021
- Coverage
- Commerce; cloud infrastructure; space; climate
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Career, in context.
Selected milestones, newest first. Explore earlier career below.
Blue Origin reaches orbit with New Glenn
The company he founded reaches orbit on New Glenn’s inaugural mission.
Source: Blue OriginFlies on New Shepard
Bezos joins Blue Origin’s first crewed flight beyond the Kármán line.
Source: WikipediaMoves to Amazon executive chair
Andy Jassy succeeds him as CEO after 27 years leading Amazon.
Source: WikipediaCreates the Bezos Earth Fund
He establishes the fund with a $10 billion climate and nature commitment.
Source: Bezos Earth Fund
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Buys The Washington Post
He acquires the newspaper through his privately owned Nash Holdings.
Source: WikipediaFounds Blue Origin
He starts the aerospace company to develop reusable spaceflight systems.
Source: WikipediaFounds Amazon
Bezos leaves Wall Street to build an online bookstore, initially operating from a garage.
Source: Bezos Earth FundGraduates from Princeton
He completes an engineering degree before beginning his finance and technology career.
Source: Bezos Earth Fund
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