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Jeff Bezos

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{{Infobox person
| name =
| image = Jeff Bezos (cropped).jpg
| caption = Bezos in 2017
| birthname = Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|1|12}}
| birth_place = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
| alma_mater = [[Princeton University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]])
| networth = {{decrease}} US$141.2 billion <small>(July 8, 2022)</small><ref name="Forbes22">{{cite web |title=Jeff Bezos |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jeff-bezos/?sh=34b599fd1b23 |website=Forbes |accessdate=July 9, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
| awards = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] [[Time Person of the Year|Person of the Year]] 1999<br />Washington CEO Person of The Year at the same time
| occupation = [[Chairman]] and [[CEO]] of [[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com, Inc.]]<br/>Astronaut
| spouse = {{marriage|[[MacKenzie Bezos|MacKenzie Tuttle]]|1993|2019|reason=divorced}}
}}

'''Jeff Pezos''' (born '''Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen'''; January 12, 1964) is the American founder of [[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com, Inc.]] He was also the chairman, president, and [[Chief Executive Officer]] (CEO) of Amazon.com. However, Bezos said in a [[blog]] post he would soon step down from this position and become Executive Chair of the Amazon Board.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Amazon's Jeff Bezos stepping down nearly 30 years after founding company {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/amazon-bezos-stepping-down-1.5898176|access-date=2021-02-03}}</ref>

== Education and career ==
Bezos graduated from [[Princeton University]] as he was also a member of the [[Tau Beta Pi]] Association, he hired at [[D. E. Shaw & Co.]] as a [[finance|financial]] analyst before founding Amazon.com in 1994.

On February 2, 2021, Bezos announced that he would step down as the CEO of Amazon, to be replaced by [[Andy Jassy]]. Bezos became executive chairman on July 5, 2021.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/technology/jeff-bezos-amazon.html Jeff Bezos to Step Down as Amazon C.E.O.], ''[[New York Times]]'', February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.</ref>

On July 19, 2021 [[Blue Origin]] successfully conducts its first human test flight with Bezos going to space.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeff Bezos launches to space aboard New Shepard rocket ship|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57849364|website=BBC News|date=July 20, 2021|access-date=July 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Replay — New Shepard First Human Flight|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMHhXzpwupU|website=YouTube|date=July 20, 2021|access-date=July 20, 2021}}</ref>

== Net worth ==
When markets opened on July 27, 2017, Bezos briefly became the world's richest person, surpassing [[Bill Gates]] with a net worth of just over $90 billion. He lost the title later in the day when Amazon's stock dropped, returning him to second place with a net worth just below $90 billion.<ref name="CNBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/27/jeff-bezos-is-set-to-become-the-worlds-richest-man.html|title=Jeff Bezos was briefly the world's richest person|date=27 July 2017 |publisher=[[CNBC]]}}</ref> On October 27, 2017, Bezos again surpassed Gates on the ''Forbes'' list as the richest person in the world.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevinton/2017/10/27/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-is-the-richest-person-in-the-world-again/#793ba5fb1948|title=Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Is The Richest Perosn In The World-Again|work=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>

In August 2020, Bezos became the first person in history to have a net worth of $200 billion, according to ''[[Forbes]]''.<ref>{{cite news|date=August 26, 2020|title=Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion|work=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2020/08/26/worlds-richest-billionaire-jeff-bezos-first-200-billion/#43bc304c4db7|accessdate=August 28, 2020}}</ref>

In January 2021, [[Elon Musk]] became the world's richest person.<ref name="net">{{cite news|date=January 7, 2021|title=Elon Musk becomes world's richest person as wealth tops $185bn|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55578403|url-status=live|access-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108023023/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55578403|archive-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref> Since then, Bezos is now the world's second-richest person

== Hacking claim ==
In February 2019, Bezos published a blog post alleging that ''[[National Enquirer]]'' publisher [[American Media, Inc.]] had attempted blackmail and extortion in connection with Bezos' alleged affair with [[Lauren Sánchez]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/technology/jeff-bezos-national-enquirer-blackmail.html|title=Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of 'Extortion and Blackmail'|last=Weise|first=Karen|date=2019-02-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-02-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

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Jeff Bezos

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Jeff Bezos

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