JEFF BEZOS
Jeff Bezos
Born January 12, 1964 (age 44)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Other names Jeff Bezos
Known for CEO of Amazon.com
Jeffrey Preston Bezos (born January 12, 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is the
founder, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Amazon.com.
Bezos, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Princeton University, worked as a financial
analyst for D. E. Shaw & Co. before founding Amazon in 1994. He was named TIME
magazine's Person of the Year in 1999.
Bezos' maternal ancestors were settlers in Texas, and over the generations had
acquired a 25,000 acre (101 kmē or 39 milesē) ranch in Cotulla. Bezos's maternal
grandfather was a regional director of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in
Albuquerque. He retired early to the ranch, where Bezos spent most summers of
his youth, working with his grandfather at the enormously varied tasks essential
to the operation. At an early age, he displayed a striking mechanical aptitude.
When a toddler, he dismantled his crib with a screwdriver.
Bezos was born when his mother, Jackie Bezos, was still in her teens. Her
marriage to his father lasted little more than a year. She remarried when Bezos
was five. Bezos's stepfather, Miguel Bezos, was born in Cuba; he migrated to the
United States alone at age 15 and worked his way through the University of
Albuquerque. When he married Bezos's mother, the family moved to Houston, Texas,
and Miguel Bezos became an engineer for Exxon. Bezos attended River Oaks
Elementary in Houston from the 4th to 6th grades.
Bezos showed intense and varied scientific interests at an early age. He rigged
an electric alarm to keep his younger siblings out of his room and maintain his
secrecy. He converted his parents' garage into a laboratory for his science
projects. The family moved to Miami, Florida, where Bezos attended Miami
Palmetto Senior High School. He entered Princeton University, planning to
study physics, but soon returned to his love of computers and graduated with a
degree in computer science and electrical engineering.
After graduating from Princeton, Bezos worked on Wall Street in the computer
science field. Then he worked on building a network for international trade for
a company known as Fitel. Later on Bezos also worked in computer science for D.
E. Shaw & Co..
Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and became one of the most prominent dot-com
entrepreneurs. In 2004, he founded a human spaceflight startup company called
Blue Origin.
Jeff Bezos
Born January 12, 1964 (age 44)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Other names Jeff Bezos
Known for CEO of Amazon.com
Jeffrey Preston Bezos (born January 12, 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is the
founder, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Amazon.com.
Bezos, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Princeton University, worked as a financial
analyst for D. E. Shaw & Co. before founding Amazon in 1994. He was named TIME
magazine's Person of the Year in 1999.
Bezos' maternal ancestors were settlers in Texas, and over the generations had
acquired a 25,000 acre (101 kmē or 39 milesē) ranch in Cotulla. Bezos's maternal
grandfather was a regional director of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in
Albuquerque. He retired early to the ranch, where Bezos spent most summers of
his youth, working with his grandfather at the enormously varied tasks essential
to the operation. At an early age, he displayed a striking mechanical aptitude.
When a toddler, he dismantled his crib with a screwdriver.
Bezos was born when his mother, Jackie Bezos, was still in her teens. Her
marriage to his father lasted little more than a year. She remarried when Bezos
was five. Bezos's stepfather, Miguel Bezos, was born in Cuba; he migrated to the
United States alone at age 15 and worked his way through the University of
Albuquerque. When he married Bezos's mother, the family moved to Houston, Texas,
and Miguel Bezos became an engineer for Exxon. Bezos attended River Oaks
Elementary in Houston from the 4th to 6th grades.
Bezos showed intense and varied scientific interests at an early age. He rigged
an electric alarm to keep his younger siblings out of his room and maintain his
secrecy. He converted his parents' garage into a laboratory for his science
projects. The family moved to Miami, Florida, where Bezos attended Miami
Palmetto Senior High School. He entered Princeton University, planning to
study physics, but soon returned to his love of computers and graduated with a
degree in computer science and electrical engineering.
After graduating from Princeton, Bezos worked on Wall Street in the computer
science field. Then he worked on building a network for international trade for
a company known as Fitel. Later on Bezos also worked in computer science for D.
E. Shaw & Co..
Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and became one of the most prominent dot-com
entrepreneurs. In 2004, he founded a human spaceflight startup company called
Blue Origin.