Jeff Bezos is a 52 year old business man holding the 5th richest with an amazing net worth of 45.2 billion dollars. Jeff Bezos was born on January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to a teenage mother, Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen, and his biological father, Ted Jorgensen. Jeff attended River Oaks Elementary School in Houston from fourth to sixth grade. While in high school, he attended the Student Science Training Program at the University of Florida, receiving a Silver Knight Award in 1982. He was high school valedictorian and was a National Merit Scholar. He attended Princeton University, intending to study physics, but soon returned to his love of computers and graduated summa cum laude, with two Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical
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Amazon is an online merchant which started out with books, then reached a high variety of things, including technology, machines, etc. Amazon right now is rated as the largest retailer all over the world. The genius Jeff Bezos discovered Amazon in 1994. He incorporated Amazon in July 1994, while launching the website publicly a year later. At that moment Bezos was in Bellevue, which is where Amazon was discovered. Jeff started working on his business plan which he wanted to eventually become what is known Amazon.com. July 5, 1994 Bezos incorporated the company as Cadabra. After Jeff’s lawyer misheard the original name is Cadaver, Bezos decided to name it Amazon. Bezos decided to create a list of top 20 things that would make a high profit online when he read a report about the future of the Internet. Seeing the web’s growth moving at about 2,300% he decided to make a profit. Jeff thought it would be a good idea to start Amazon; it helped people get things faster and cheaper while he is still making a profit. Jeff’s idea wasn’t based on profit, but rather the satisfaction of his customers’. The reason Bezos started the idea of amazon is because his love of technology and interaction with
Amazon is an online merchant which started out with books, then reached a high variety of things, including technology, machines, etc. Amazon right now is rated as the largest retailer all over the world. The genius Jeff Bezos discovered Amazon in 1994. He incorporated Amazon in July 1994, while launching the website publicly a year later. At that moment Bezos was in Bellevue, which is where Amazon was discovered. Jeff started working on his business plan which he wanted to eventually become what is known Amazon.com. July 5, 1994 Bezos incorporated the company as Cadabra. After Jeff’s lawyer misheard the original name is Cadaver, Bezos decided to name it Amazon. Bezos decided to create a list of top 20 things that would make a high profit online when he read a report about the future of the Internet. Seeing the web’s growth moving at about 2,300% he decided to make a profit. Jeff thought it would be a good idea to start Amazon; it helped people get things faster and cheaper while he is still making a profit. Jeff’s idea wasn’t based on profit, but rather the satisfaction of his customers’. The reason Bezos started the idea of amazon is because his love of technology and interaction with