Jeff
Bezos, full name Jeffery Preston Jorgenson, was born in Mexico in 1964.
He turned out to be the most inquisitive child who turned the garage of the
house in to a laboratory where he experimented all his queries. And as a toddler
he dismantled his own crib with a screwdriver. This intelligent kid turned out
to be the valedictorian in high school. He also started his first business in
1982 in High school with the name of Dream Institute. It was a summer camp for
fifth and sixth grader. Jeff graduated with majors in computer science and
electrical engineering with highest grades.
His work life started with
computer science field in Wall Street in 1986 and in 1992 he became the
youngest Vice President of D.E. Shaw & Co. In next two years he established
his own business of Amazon.com and become one of the best entrepreneurs.
Jeff
Bezos success begins when he devised the business plan of Amazon.com on
his way from New York to Seattle’s. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
was launched in 1995 and its first months it generated sales from over 30
countries. In further five years various things were added to Amazon for the
diversification such as CD, Clothes, etc. the first profit of Amazon was
realized in 2011 and company’s market cap reached $100 billion. Almost 73
orders per second are received in Amazon during Christmas season.
Other business formed by the Jeff
Bezos is Blue Origin, which is an aerospace company. He also acquired
Washington Post in 2013 for $250 million.
This Valedictorian of High School
graduated with 4.3 GPA out of 4 and was named “Person of
the year” by Time Magazine in 1999. According to Bloomberg Jeff
Bezos’ net worth is $36 billion.
No comments:
Post a Comment