The company said its content is streamed more than 1.7 billion times a month across all social platforms. Retail [94] After the company gained the public's attention during the late 2000s, Bezos additionally indicated his interest in reducing the cost of space travel for humans while also increasing the safety of extraterrestrial travel. [308], On November 22, 2022, Jeff Bezos awarded $123 million to organizations that are engaged in relocating homeless families to permanent housing. [281][282] Saudi Arabia has denied the claim. [97] In May 2013, Bezos met with Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Galactic, to discuss commercial spaceflight opportunities and strategies. Will I regret missing the beginning of the Internet? 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[43] He first worked at Fitel, a fintech telecommunications start-up, where he was tasked with building a network for international trade. [161] Bezos does not schedule early morning meetings and enforces a two-pizza rulea preference that meetings are small enough for two pizzas to feed everyone in the boardroom. Cry? [204], On March 6, 2018, Bezos was designated the wealthiest person in the world, with a registered net worth of $112billion. In March, the company made headlines when it announced Overtime Elite, a basketball league for 16-to-18-year-olds that allows them to earn at least $100,000 per year. A Division of NBCUniversal. [11] He further expanded his residential holdings in February 2022, purchasing a $16.13-million-dollar apartment at a 24-story boutique condominium, located across from Madison Square Park in the Flatiron neighbourhood, where he already owns all the units on the top floors. [b], His wealth, in 201718 terms, equaled that of 2.7million Americans. WebThere is little chance that Jeff Bezos will slow down after stepping down as Amazon CEO. It is the world's largest online sales company, the largest Internet company by revenue, and the largest provider of virtual assistants and cloud infrastructure services through its Amazon Web Services branch. [218], In 2019, Bezos's wealth was reduced by the divorce from his wife MacKenzie Bezos. "[153], During the late 2010s, Bezos reversed his reputation for being reluctant to spend money on non-business-related expenses. On Friday night, the New York Postreported that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been benched from bidding on the team. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and Analysis. A.J. [45][246] In 1994, they moved across the country to Seattle, Washington, where Bezos founded Amazon. Bezos founded Amazon in late 1994 on a road trip from New York City to Seattle. [9] In August 2020, according to Forbes, he had a net worth exceeding $200billion. [75] Weeks later, Bezos recouped his losses when academic reports out of Stanford University indicated that Trump could do little to regulate Amazon in any meaningful way. [80] While preparing to introduce the bill, Sanders opined: "Instead of attempting to explore Mars or go to the moon, how about Jeff Bezos pays his workers a living wage? [100] Later in November, Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle successfully rocketed into space and reached its planned test altitude of 329,839 feet (100.5 kilometers) before executing a vertical landing back at the launch site in West Texas. [39] To push Amazon forward, Bezos developed the mantra "Get Big Fast", establishing the company's need to scale its operations to produce market dominance. This venture, later named Haven, is expected to be a partnership between Amazon, JPMorgan, and Berkshire Hathaway. [192][194], After a rumor broke out that Amazon was developing a smartphone, Bezos's net worth rose to $30.5billion in 2014. [268] A 2018, $10billion contract known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) project, this time with the Pentagon, was allegedly written up in a way that favors Amazon. 3 among the worlds richest, after Amazons stock tanked following a downbeat Bezos started to wear tailored clothing; he weight trained, pursued a regimented diet and began to freely spend his money. Investors in OTE include Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony, Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant and Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. "I don't want to drag anybody around," he said . 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On Saturday, TheAthletic.com reported that Bank of America (which is handling the sale) has informed Bezos that hes out. [24] Jeff attended River Oaks Elementary School in Houston from fourth to sixth grade. [157][158], Bezos used what he called a "regret-minimization framework" while he worked at D.E. Shaw and again during the early years of Amazon. [129][130], In September 2021, Bezos co-founded Altos Labs with Mail.ru founder Yuri Milner. Overtime's basketball league offers $100K salaries to teen players. [61] In 2013, Bezos secured a $600-million contract with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on behalf of Amazon Web Services. [52] In addition, he regarded "Amazon," the name of the world's largest river as fitting for what he hoped would become the world's largest online bookstore. [200], Bezos would continue to sporadically surpass Gates throughout the month of October 2017 after Amazon's share price fluctuated. On July 20, 2021, he launched on the NS-16 mission with his half-brother Mark Bezos, Wally Funk, and Oliver Daemen. [96] After the crash, Bezos has been superstitiously wearing his "lucky" Texas Cowboy boots to all rocket launches. Jeff Bezos will officially step down as Amazon CEO on Sunday. But Soon, the F.A.A. Billionaire Tim Koch has always loved adventure, from riding horses to exploring the WebAmerican entrepreneur Jeff Bezos played a key role in the growth of e-commerce as the founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com, Inc., an online retailer, Web services provider, and manufacturer of electronic book readers. 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The first centibillionaire on the Forbes wealth index,[8] Bezos was named the "richest man in modern history" after his net worth increased to $150billion in July 2018. Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor, investor, and commercial astronaut. [60] According to a 2008 Time profile, Bezos wished to create a device that allowed a "flow state" in reading similar to the experience of video games. We want to hear from you. Jeff Bezos is currently the world's second-richest man, so purchasing an NFL (National Football League) franchise wouldn't be too tall a task for the billionaire. He believes that work and home life are interconnected, informing and calibrating each other. Since that report from November 2019, Bezos' ties with the NFL have only grown. Sports media company Overtime has secured an $80 million fundraising round with investors including Jeff Bezos' investment firm, global entertainer Drake, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and several National Basketball Association players. [288] On June 15, 2017, he posted a message on Twitter asking for ideas for philanthropy: "I'm thinking about a philanthropy strategy that is the opposite of how I mostly spend my timeworking on the long term". [85] The American workers who were being paid the minimum wage had this increased to $15 per hour, a decision that was interpreted as support for the Fight for $15 movement. [250], In March 2003, Bezos was a passenger in a helicopter that crashed in West Texas while surveying land to buy for Blue Origin; the other 3 occupants in the helicopter were pilot Charles "Cheater" Bella, Amazon lawyer Elizabeth Korrell, and local rancher Ty Holland.