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Bezos was born in Albuquerque and raised in Houston and Miami. He graduated from Princeton University in 1986 with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. He worked on Wall Street in a variety of related fields from 1986 to early 1994. Bezos founded Amazon in mid-1994 on a road trip from New York City to Seattle.
Amazon acquires Joyo, an online bookstore in China, for $75 million, which then becomes the 7th regional website of Amazon.com. joyo later becomes Amazon China. [105] 2005: February: Product: Amazon launches Amazon Prime, a membership offering free two-day shipping within the contiguous United States on all eligible purchases for a flat annual ...
Amazon websites are country-specific (for example, amazon.com for the US and amazon.co.uk for UK) though some offer international shipping. [ 51 ] Visits to amazon.com grew from 615 million annual visitors in 2008, [ 52 ] to more than 2 billion per month in 2022.
Miguel Ángel "Mike" [1] Bezos Pérez (born () September 29, 1945) is a Cuban-American billionaire and philanthropist who provided the initial investment to launch Amazon.com. He is a co-founder of the Bezos Family Foundation. He is the adoptive father of Jeff Bezos, the father of Mark Bezos and the husband of Jackie Bezos.
Shel Kaphan is an American computer programmer who was the first employee of technology company Amazon.Working there from 1994 to 1999, he co-wrote the first Amazon website, wrote the product review system, and contributed to 1-Click.
MacKenzie Scott (née Tuttle, formerly Bezos; born April 7, 1970) [1] [2] is an American novelist, philanthropist, co-founder of Amazon and ex-wife of Jeff Bezos.As of December 2024, she has a net worth of US$42.1 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index; owning a 4% stake in Amazon.
Miguel Bezos (born 1945 or 1946 [3]) is the step-father of Jeff Bezos. [4] [5] He was born in Cuba [5] and moved to the United States in 1962. [6] He is the vice-president and the co-founder of the Bezos Family Foundation. [5] Jackie Bezos (born 1946 [1]) is the mother of Jeff Bezos. [1] She was married to Jorgensen from 1963 to 1965. [1]
Nader said he owned no car and owned no real estate directly in 2000, and said that he lived on $25,000 a year, giving most of his stock earnings to many of the over four dozen non-profit organizations he had founded. [126] [127] Nader owns shares in Amazon and believes the corporation should be paying shareholders a dividend. [128]