Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon. He owns Washington Post and the space company Blue Origin.
Jeff Bezos (pronounced [ˈbeɪzoʊs]), born Jeffrey Jorgensen on January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is an American entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, and billionaire.
He is known for being the founder and largest shareholder of Amazon, which he personally ran between 1994 and 2021. He is currently the company's chairman of the board. Since 2013, Jeff Bezos has been the owner of the Washington Post, an influential American newspaper.
He is the founder of the space company Blue Origin, which notably offers access to space for space tourism.
Forbes magazine ranks him among the world's top three richest people, with his assets estimated at approximately US$200 billion (US$209.2 billion in 2021, US$171 billion in 2022, and US$114 billion in April 2023).