Feb 3, 2021 · Bezos has been seen hanging out with the influential mogul. Jamie Dimon. Dimon and Bezos had met for lunch in 1997. A friendship was born and several business ventures were developed since that meeting took place. Bezos had actually offered him a position at Amazon, which at the time was not the company it is today, and Dimon and refused.

Feb 3, 2021 · Jeff Bezos isn’t Greek. His last name does end with the letters “o” and “s” which is a very common combination of letters in Greek. Bezos was actually born as Jeff Preston Jorgensen. When he was four years old, his last name was changed to Bezos. Jeff washing his dog (Via Instagram / jeffbezos)

Feb 3, 2021 · Jeff Bezos was born on January 12, 1964 to his mother, Jacklyn Gise, and his biological father, Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen. They were both still in high school when Jeff was born and when he turned 17 months old, Gise and Jorgensen got a divorce .

Oct 6, 2020 · Jeff’s grandfather, Lawrence Preston Gise, owned and operated a cattle ranch in Cotulla, Texas. In a 2018 interview with Business Insider , Bezos recalls helping his grandfather with tons of different farm tasks.

Aug 8, 2021 · Bezos’ Support for Both Political Parties. In 2012, Bezos made a $2.5 million donation to Washington United for Marriage who was running a campaign to have same-sex marriage legalized in the state. This move would make people assume Bezos is a Democrat.

Oct 6, 2020 · Owning the world’s largest eCommerce business makes you wonder if Jeff Bezos coded Amazon and if he knew how to code when he started the company over twenty-five years ago. Yes, Jeff Bezos does know how to code and therefore can be called a ‘programmer’. Like many CEOs of tech companies, Bezos was always what people would call a bit of a ...

Jeff Bezos Born on January 12th, 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico - Jeff Bezos was a precocious child who learned to read by age three and taught himself computer programming at age twelve. He went on to study electrical engineering and computer science at Princeton University before transferring to a degree in business administration from ...

Oct 6, 2020 · Although Amazon was the reason Bezos first came to fame, since then he has earned fame for becoming the wealthiest person in the world. You can read more about Amazon and the other reasons why Jeff Bezos is famous below. A Brief History of Amazon. In 1994, Jeff Bezos founded the company Amazon in Seattle, Washington. The idea behind the company ...

Oct 6, 2020 · There has always been a lot of buzz around the extravagant purchases billionaires make and Jeff Bezos is no exception, especially when rumors arise that he purchased a yacht. No, Jeff Bezos does not own a yacht. There have been multiple rumors over the years that Bezos has purchased a yacht, but none of those rumors have been confirmed.

Oct 6, 2020 · In July 2017, Bezos first became the richest man on the planet, briefly surpassing Bill Gates. However, he would regain the first spot in October of the same year. Since attaining a record net worth of $105.1 billion in January 2018, Bezos has managed to cling to the top spot, only being unseated briefly in November 2019 by the Microsoft ...