Jeff Bezos
Amazon founder and executive chair, Blue Origin founder, and Prometheus co-founder and co-CEO, sharing his interests in invention, spaceflight, and philanthropy.
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Known for
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- Known for
- Founding Amazon and Blue Origin
- Education
- Princeton University, electrical engineering and computer science, Class of 1986
- Starting point
- Founded Amazon in 1994; the online bookstore opened in July 1995
- Current work
- Amazon executive chair and Prometheus co-founder and co-CEO
- Spaceflight
- Flew on New Shepard’s first human mission on July 20, 2021
Mini bio
How it started.
Before Amazon, Bezos worked in computer science and finance, including at D. E. Shaw. In his 2010 Princeton address, he recalled being drawn to the rapid growth of the web and the possibility of an online bookstore with a selection no physical shop could match. He left his job and founded Amazon in 1994.
From a garage to a household name.
Amazon opened as an online bookseller in July 1995 from his Bellevue, Washington home. By 1999 it had reached 10 million customer accounts, and TIME named Bezos its Person of the Year. He moved from CEO to executive chair in July 2021.
A personal trip to space.
Bezos founded Blue Origin and later rode on its first human New Shepard flight. On July 20, 2021, he crossed the Kármán Line with his brother Mark, Wally Funk, and Oliver Daemen. The company’s ambitions also include orbital rockets and lunar infrastructure.
Ideas on the page and beyond.
Invent and Wander collects his shareholder letters, speeches, and interviews, with an introduction by Walter Isaacson. His philanthropy includes the Day One Fund, supporting families experiencing homelessness and tuition-free preschools, and the Earth Fund, founded in 2020 with a $10 billion commitment for climate and nature. More recently, he co-founded Prometheus with Vik Bajaj to apply AI to physical engineering.
Creditschronological, newest first
Business and philanthropy
- 2025PrometheusCo-founder and co-CEO
- 2021AmazonExecutive chair, following his tenure as CEO
- 2020Bezos Earth FundFounder
- 1994AmazonFounder
Writing and speaking
- 2020Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff BezosAuthor of the collected writings; introduction by Walter Isaacson
- 2010We are What We ChoosePrinceton Baccalaureate speaker
Spaceflight
- 2021New Shepard’s first human flightCrew member
Awards
Quotes
In the end, we are our choices. Build yourself a great story.Jeff Bezos, Princeton University Baccalaureate address, May 30, 2010
The closing words of “We are What We Choose.” Source: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2010/05/30/2010-baccalaureate-remarks
Trivia
- As a child, he spent summers on his grandparents’ Texas ranch, helping fix windmills and vaccinate cattle, as he recalled in his Princeton speech.
- He also remembered watching Days of our Lives with his grandparents every afternoon.
- Jeff and Mark Bezos became the first siblings to fly in space together on New Shepard’s first human flight.
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