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Jeff Bezos biography portrays the Amazon CEO as a tempestuous genius
Bloomberg Businessweek has published extensive excerpts from writer Brad Stone’s upcoming book The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon. The 10-page article covers a smorgasbord of topics, ranging from the beginnings of Amazon to Bezos’ biological father, who was apparently unaware his son founded the multibillion-dollar company. It also details some of the inner workings of Amazon, including Bezos’ leadership group, which is reportedly known as “the S Team.”
Stone quotes retail head Jeffrey Wilke describing Amazon as a "company built around [Bezos'] brain ... it's scaffolding to magnify the thinking embodied by Jeff." The author doesn't paint the company as a cohesive place, however, noting that "the people who do well at Amazon are often those who thrive in an adversarial atmosphere with almost constant friction." He adds that "Bezos abhors what he calls 'social cohesion,' the natural impulse to seek consensus," pointing to Amazon's published leadership principles as breeding conflict, an
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Jeff Bezos
1964-present
Who Is Jeff Bezos?
Entrepreneur and e-commerce pioneer Jeff Bezos is the founder and executive chair of the e-commerce company Amazon, owner of The Washington Post, and founder of the space exploration company Blue Origin. Born in 1964 in New Mexico, Bezos had an early love of computers and studied computer science and electrical engineering at Princeton University. After graduation, he worked on Wall Street, and in 1990, he became the youngest senior vice president at the investment firm D.E. Shaw. Four years later, Bezos quit his lucrative job to open Amazon.com, an online bookstore that became one of the internet’s biggest success stories. He started Blue Origin in 2000, then in 2013, Bezos purchased The Washington Post. In 2017, Amazon acquired Whole Foods. His successful business ventures have made him one of the richest people in the world; his estimated net worth is $137.9 billion as of May 2023.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Jeffrey Preston Bezos
BORN: January 12, 1964
BIRTHPLACE: Albuquerque, New Mexico
SPOUSE: MacKenzie Scott (1993-2019)
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Jeff Bezos
American businessman (born 1964)
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Jeffrey Preston Bezos (BAY-zohss;[2]né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman 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 person in the world, with a net worth of US$251 billion as of December 17, 2024, according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.[3] He was the wealthiest person from 2017 to 2021, according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.[4][5]
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. The company began as an online bookstore and has
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