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Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( / ˈbeɪzoʊs / BAY-zohss; [2] né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman, media proprietor and investor. He is 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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Apr 26, 2024 · Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur who played a key role in the growth of e-commerce as the founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com, Inc., an online merchant of books and later of a wide variety of products. Under his guidance, Amazon became the largest retailer on the World Wide Web.
- Amazon Instant Video & Amazon Studios
- Kindle E-Reader
- Amazon Drones
- Fire Phone
- Acquiring Whole Foods
- Stepping Down as Amazon CEO
In 2006, Amazon launched its video-on-demand service. Initially known as Amazon Unbox on TiVo, it was eventually rebranded as Amazon Instant Video. Bezos premiered several original programs with the launch of Amazon Studios in 2013. The company hit it big in 2014 with the critically-acclaimed Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle. The company produc...
Amazon released the Kindle, a handheld digital book reader that allowed users to buy, download, read, and store their book selections, in 2007. Bezos entered Amazon into the tablet marketplace with the unveiling of the Kindle Fire in 2011. The following September, he announced the new Kindle Fire HD, the company’s next-generation tablet designed to...
In early December 2013, Bezos made headlines when he revealed a new, experimental initiative by Amazon, called Amazon Prime Air, using drones to provide delivery services to customers. He said these drones would be able to carry items weighing up to five pounds and be capable of traveling within a 10-mile distance of the company’s distribution cent...
Bezos oversaw one of Amazon’s few major missteps when the company launched the Fire Phone in 2014. Criticized for being too gimmicky, it was discontinued the following year.
Bezos had been eyeing the food delivery market, and in 2017, Amazon announced it had acquired the Whole Foods grocery chain for $13.7 billion in cash. The company began offering in-store deals to Amazon Prime customers and grocery delivery in as little as two hours, depending on the market. As a result, Walmart and Kroger also began offering meal d...
In February 2021, Amazon announced that Bezos would step down as CEO in the third quarter of the year. In fact, he transitioned to executive chair of Amazon’s board slightly ahead of schedule in July. Longtime Amazon employee Andy Jassy replaced Bezos as CEO. In 2000, Bezos founded Blue Origin, an aerospace company that develops technologies to low...
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Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American businessman, media proprietor and investor. He is the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. He is the second wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of about US$205 billion as of April 5, 2024.
Jul 6, 2021 · Nick Cote for The New York Times. July 6, 2021. Andy Jassy was elevated to chief executive of Amazon on Monday, taking the reins from its founder, Jeff Bezos, in one of the most closely watched...
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Nov 16, 2023 · Nov 16, 2023, 10:27 AM PST. Jeff Bezos stepped down as Amazon's CEO in 2021, but remains executive chairman. Cooper Neill/Getty Images. Jeff Bezos began his career as a hedge-funder in New...
1 day ago · Jeff Bezos. Chairman and Founder, Amazon. $193.3B. $5.6B (2.81%) Real Time Net Worth. as of 5/1/24. #3 in the world today. Photo by MICHAEL PRINCE/Forbes Collection. About Jeff Bezos....
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