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Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos

Entrepreneur · Amazon · born January 12, 1964

$205Bolder estimate, as of August 2020 · Forbes

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About

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American businessman, and the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company.

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Milestones, by age

Dated facts from Wikidata; ages marked “about” come from year-only dates.

  1. 30Founded AmazonJuly 5, 1994
  2. 32Became CEO of AmazonMay 1, 1996
  3. ~35Named Time Person of the Year1999
  4. 36Founded Blue OriginSeptember 1, 2000
  5. ~53Named Time 1002017

Reported wealth

Each figure is a dated estimate from the publisher shown; wealth changes, and nothing here is live.

As ofEstimateSource
August 2020$205BForbes · current
2019$131BForbes
July 2018$151BForbes
May 2018$131BForbes
February 2018$116BForbes

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Amos Hostetter, Jr.

Entrepreneur

1937 · United States

$3.9Bolder estimate, as of 2025 · Forbes

Amos Barr Hostetter Jr. is an American businessman, who was the founder, chairman, and CEO of Continental Cablevision. With an estimated current net worth of around $3.5 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 538th richest person in the world as of 2020.

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Zayn Malik
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Zayn Malik

Musician

1993 · United Kingdom

Zain Javadd Malik, known professionally as Zayn Malik or simply Zayn, is an English singer.

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Kirstie Alley
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Kirstie Alley

Actor

1951–2022 · United States

Kirstie Louise Alley was an American actress. Her breakthrough role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom Cheers (1987–1993), for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991.

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Michel Mayor

Scientist

1942 · Switzerland

Michel Gustave Édouard Mayor is a Swiss astrophysicist and professor emeritus at the University of Geneva's Department of Astronomy. He formally retired in 2007, but remains active as a researcher at the Observatory of Geneva.

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