Jeff Bezos is an American technology entrepreneur best known for founding the world’s largest online shopping retailer ‘Amazon.com’.
Born on January 12th, 1964 in New Mexico, Jeff had an interest in technology and business at a very early age. He earned a BS in electrical engineering and computer science from the Princeton University, after which he worked with many firms.
In 1994, he founded Amazon.com, an online bookstore. It is said that without any promotion, the site sold books across the US and 45 foreign countries within months. Its sales reached $20,000 a week, creating tough competition for other e-commerce ventures. In the years later, Amazon.com went beyond books and started the online sale of CDs, clothes, electronic equipment, toys etc.
In 2007 was released Kindle, the popular handheld digital book that enabled users to read, downloading and store books on the device.
Today, Amazon.com has separate retail websites for each country and also, different language versions. It also made Jeff Bezos an inspiring and rich figure in the world. With a net worth of US $45.2 billion as of December 2016, he is the 5th richest person alive.
