Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ ˈ b eɪ z oʊ s / 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, …

Jan 19, 2022 · Jeff Bezos education played a key role in fuelling his drive towards innovation. He completed fourth to sixth standard studies in River Oaks Elementary School in Houston. Bezos was very much influenced by his grandfather and considered him his role model.

May 23, 2023 · 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,...

Jan 24, 2025 · After graduating (1986) summa cum laude from Princeton University with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science, he undertook a series of jobs before joining the New York investment bank D.E. Shaw & Co. in 1990.

Jan 17, 2025 · Jeffrey’s stepfather, Mike Bezos, was born in Cuba; he escaped to the United States alone at age 15, and worked his way through the University of Albuquerque. When he married Jeffrey’s mother, the family moved to Houston, where …

Jeff attended River Oaks Elementary School, Houston, from fourth to sixth grade. Bezos family moved to Miami, Florida. He attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School. He also attended the Student Science Training Program at the University of Florida, and received a …

Jeff Bezos was born on January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He showed an early interest in technology and graduated from Princeton with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science.

Aug 3, 2024 · Jeff Bezos began his career as a hedge-funder in New York before leaving to start Amazon. Amazon struggled to turn a profit at first, but is one of the world's biggest companies today.

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.

College Education: After high school, Bezos attended Princeton University, where he initially studied English but later switched to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He graduated summa cum laude in 1986 with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering.