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Engineer who became president or general manager of a large company

Jeff Bezos, Computer Engineer

Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman
of Amazon where he previously served as the
chairman, president, and CEO. With a net worth of
almost $190 billion as of August 2021, he is either the
wealthiest or second-wealthiest person in the world
according to both Forbes and Bloomberg's Billionaires
Index.

Amazon.com

Bezos is the founder of Amazon, the world's biggest online retailer. The Seattle-based company
sells electronics, household goods and other products through its flagship website. It also
controls the Whole Foods grocery chain and offers cloud computing and streaming services.
Amazon had revenue of $386 billion in 2020.
He announced in February 2021 that he would retire as chief executive of Amazon, with plans
to devote more time to his philanthropy and other companies.
Milestones
 1964 Jeffrey Bezos is born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
 1986 Graduates from Princeton University. Takes job at Bankers Trust.
 1994 Founds Amazon.com to sell books online.
 1997 Lists Amazon in an initial public offering at $18 per share.
 1999 Named Time magazine's Person of the Year.
 2003 Survives a helicopter accident in southwest Texas.
 2007 Introduces the Kindle electronic book reader.
 2010 E-book sales surpass traditional book sales on Amazon.com.
 2013 Purchases the Washington Post newspaper for $250 million.
 2017 Becomes the richest person on earth.