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Bezos first became a millionaire in 1997 after raising $54 million through Amazon's initial public offering (IPO). [199] 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. [200]
Bezos is a Spanish surname. It most commonly refers to Jeff Bezos (born 1964), an American entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, investor, and the former chief executive officer of Amazon. Other notable people with the surname include:
Amazon's first lawyer convinced founder Jeff Bezos that the name sounded too similar to "Cadaver," especially over the phone.
On July 5, 1994, Bezos initially incorporated the company in Washington state with the name Cadabra, Inc. [7] After a few months, he changed the name to Amazon.com, Inc, because a lawyer misheard its original name as "cadaver". [8] Bezos selected this name by looking through a dictionary; he settled on "Amazon" because it was a place that was ...
Founder and chairman of Amazon, founder of Blue Origin and owner of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos is the third richest person in the world, according to Forbes. The entrepreneur has found a way ...
Bezos, who celebrates his birthday on January 12, started his first business when he was in high school. Jeff Bezos turns 58 today. Here are 14 things you might not know about the Amazon founder.
Jeff Bezos: 1986 Princeton University: Sabine Hyland: 1986 Cornell University: Susan Rice: 1986 Stanford University: Rafael Resendes: 1987 University of California, Berkeley: Laura J. Snyder: 1987 Brandeis University: Paul Clement: 1988 Georgetown University: Neil Gorsuch: 1988 Princeton University: KellyAnne Conway: 1989 Trinity Washington ...
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