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Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers

Jeff Bezos

Also Known As Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen (birth name)
Founder and Executive

American entrepreneur who founded Amazon in a rented garage in Bellevue, Washington on July 5, 1994, and led it as chief executive until stepping down on July 5, 2021. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1964-01-12 1
Birth Year
1964 1
Birthplace
Albuquerque, New Mexico 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Founded Amazon and built it into the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. 1
Notable Work
Amazon 1
Connections

Associated With

Amazon Initial Public Offering, Corporate Events
Source Wikipedia, History of Amazon
E-commerce Industry, Industries

Bezos founded Amazon and built it into the dominant global e-commerce retailer.

Source Wikipedia, Jeff Bezos
Entrepreneurship, Practice Disciplines

Bezos's founding and scaling of Amazon from an online bookstore into a global platform is a standard entrepreneurship case study in opportunity identification and venture growth.

Source Wikipedia, Jeff Bezos
Online marketplace, Business Models
Source Wikipedia, Jeff Bezos

Companies Founded

Amazon, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Jeff Bezos

Companies Led

Amazon, Companies and Brands

Chief executive from Amazon's 1994 founding until stepping down on July 5, 2021, when he became executive chairman; succeeded as CEO by Andy Jassy.

Source Wikipedia, Jeff Bezos
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United States, nationality there.
  • Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: Jeff Bezos, the same subject.
Sources
1. Wikipedia, Jeff Bezos
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( BAY-zohss; né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman, and the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company.
  • Early life section
    Bezos was born in Albuquerque, and raised in Houston and Miami.
  • Companies Led: Amazon, Career section
    On July 5, 2021, Bezos took over the role of executive chairman and stepped down as the CEO and president of Amazon, succeeded by Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy.
  • Associated With: E-commerce Industry
  • Associated With: Online marketplace
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Wikipedia, History of Amazon
WikipediaAssociated With: Amazon Initial Public Offering, Online bookstore and IPOView the Source

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