Jeff Bezos
$199.3B
Born
Jan 12, 1964
Age
61
Source of Wealth
Amazon
Residence
Miami, Florida
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Engaged
Children
4
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Princeton University
- Jeff Bezos founded e-commerce giant Amazon in 1994 out of his Seattle garage.
- Bezos stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman in 2021. He owns a bit less than 10% of the company.
- He and his wife MacKenzie divorced in 2019 after 25 years of marriage and he transferred a quarter of his then-16% Amazon stake to her.
- In 2020, Bezos committed to donate $10 billion to climate causes by 2030 through his Bezos Earth Fund; he has granted $2 billion so far.
- He owns The Washington Post and Blue Origin, an aerospace company developing rockets; he briefly flew to space in one in July 2021.
- Bezos said in a November 2022 interview with CNN that he plans to give away the majority of his wealth in his lifetime, without disclosing specific details.
- Growing up, Bezos worked summers on his grandfather's ranch repairing Caterpillar tractors.
- Bezos met Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 and managed to become one of the company's first angel investors, putting in an estimated $250,000.
| Exchange | Ticker | Company Name | Number Of Shares | Share Price | Currency Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASDAQ | AMZN-US | Amazon | 909,413,713 | 196.01 | USD |