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.
Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Milestones, by age
Dated facts from Wikidata; ages marked “about” come from year-only dates.
- 30Founded AmazonJuly 5, 1994
- 32Became CEO of AmazonMay 1, 1996
- ~35Named Time Person of the Year1999
- 36Founded Blue OriginSeptember 1, 2000
- ~53Named Time 1002017
Reported wealth
Each figure is a dated estimate from the publisher shown; wealth changes, and nothing here is live.
| As of | Estimate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | $205B | Forbes · current |
| 2019 | $131B | Forbes |
| July 2018 | $151B | Forbes |
| July 2018 | $150B | Forbes |
| May 2018 | $131B | Forbes |
| February 2018 | $116B | Forbes |
Sources
Every fact on this page traces to one of these.
Sources (8)
- Jeff Bezos (Q312556) · Wikidata
- Jeff Bezos · Wikipedia
- Jeff Bezos — Forbes net worth (via Wikidata) · Forbes · 2020
- Jeff Bezos — Forbes net worth (via Wikidata) · Forbes · 2019
- Jeff Bezos — Forbes net worth (via Wikidata) · Forbes · 2018
- Jeff Bezos — Forbes net worth (via Wikidata) · Forbes · 2018
- Jeff Bezos — Forbes net worth (via Wikidata) · Forbes · 2018
- Jeff Bezos — Forbes net worth (stated on Wikipedia) · Forbes · 2018
Also born on January 12
Notable birthday twins
- Amos Hostetter, Jr. · 1937 · Entrepreneur
- Harald Link · 1955 · Entrepreneur
- Toto Wolff · 1972 · Entrepreneur
- Zayn Malik · 1993 · Musician
- Kirstie Alley · 1951–2022 · Actor
- Swami Vivekananda · 1863–1902 · Musician