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History of Amazon. Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon in his Bellevue, Washington garage in 1994. Amazon is an American multinational technology company which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and digital streaming. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world", [1] and is one of the world ...
Mark Bezos (half-brother) [ 1 ] Signature. Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ ˈbeɪzoʊs / BAY-zohss; [ 2 ] né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American business magnate best known as 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 ...
Jeff Bezos's home in Bellevue, Washington, where the company was founded in 1994. Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos after he relocated from New York City to Bellevue, Washington, near Seattle, to operate an online bookstore. Bezos chose the Seattle area for its abundance of technical talent from Microsoft and the University of ...
In 1994, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in his garage in Seattle. On Jan. 12, he celebrated his 57th birthday as one of the richest people in the world with a personal fortune estimated at more than ...
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 ...
November 3, 2023 at 1:17 PM. Alberto Rodriguez. 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 ...
Miguel Bezos. Miguel Ángel "Mike"[1] Bezos Pérez (born in 1945 in Cuba) 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. 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. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos described Kaphan as "the most important person ever in the history of ...