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Bezos first became a millionaire in 1997 after raising $54 million through Amazon's initial public offering (IPO). [201] He was first included on the Forbes World's Billionaires list in 1999 with an estimated net worth of $10.1 billion, which placed his on the 19th position in the world and 10th in the USA. [202]
Bezos finally decided that his new business would sell books online, because of the large worldwide demand for literature, the low unit price for books, and the huge number of titles available in print. [12] Amazon was founded in the garage of Bezos' rented home in Bellevue. [9] [13] [14] Bezos' parents invested almost $246,000 in the start-up ...
On November 8, 2023, a plan was adopted for Jeff Bezos to sell approximately 50 million shares of the company over the next year (the deadline for the entire sales plan is January 31, 2025). The first step was the sale of 12 million shares for about $2 billion. [44] On February 26, 2024, Amazon became a component of the Dow Jones Industrial ...
For the first time, Bezos was ranked as the world’s richest person. His net worth grew by $24 billion during the year, amounting to $123 billion at his peak. Meanwhile, Gates was worth only $90 ...
FILE - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is seen on the sidelines before the start of an NFL football game, Sept. 15, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. After nearly three decades, Bezos is leaving Seattle.
Jeff Bezos is leaving Seattle, where the billionaire founded Amazon out of a garage nearly three decades ago. In a Thursday night Instagram post, the 59-year-old Bezos announced plans to return to ...
A centibillionaire is someone with a net worth of 100 billion (100,000,000,000) or more units of a given currency, generally of major world currencies such as the United States dollar, euro or pound sterling. [1] The following is a list of everyone who has ever been a centibillionaire.
Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon out of his Seattle garage in 1994, is leaving the city and moving to Miami to be near his parents and his space company Blue Origin.