Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ ˈbeɪzoʊs / 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.
(born January 12, 1964, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.) Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur who played a key role in the growth of e-commerce as the founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com, Inc., an online merchant of books and later of a wide variety of products.
Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon and space exploration company Blue Origin. His business success has made him one of the richest people in the world.
As of Sept. 4, 2025, Jeff Bezos has a net worth of $256 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the world. 1 He was raised by a teen mom and a Cuban immigrant stepfather, and learned the...