Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur and the founder of Amazon, one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies.
According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Bezos has a net worth of $217 billion as of March 2025.
Born on January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bezos graduated from Princeton University in 1986 with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science. He worked in various roles in finance and technology before founding Amazon in 1994. Initially an online bookstore, Amazon rapidly expanded into a global e-commerce and technology giant, offering everything from electronics to groceries.
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Bezos served as Amazon’s CEO until 2021, when he stepped down to become the company’s executive chairman. Under his leadership, Amazon revolutionized the retail industry, pioneering innovations like one-click ordering, Amazon Prime, and cloud computing services through Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Bezos is also known for his ventures outside of Amazon. In 2000, he founded Blue Origin, a private aerospace company focused on space exploration. In 2013, he purchased The Washington Post, revitalizing the newspaper with a focus on digital growth.
With a net worth consistently among the highest in the world, Bezos has become a symbol of modern entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation. He continues to influence various industries, pushing boundaries in space exploration, media, and commerce.
Bezos manages his personal investments through Bezos Expeditions, a family office overseeing a diverse portfolio across various sectors. Notable investments include Airbnb, Anduril, and Arrived, a real estate platform simplifying rental property investments.
Additionally, the Bezos Earth Fund, launched in 2020 with a $10 billion commitment, focuses on environmental initiatives, such as transforming food systems to promote sustainability.
Bezos has always emphasized the importance of experimentation in innovation. “If you want to have more invention, you need to do more experiments… Lots of them fail,” he said in a 2018 interview with CNBC.
Another billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk recently praised Bezos for his “difficult and significant work,” making him “smart,” in a podcast interview despite their rivalry in the past as two tech leaders with competing aerospace ventures, Musk’s SpaceX and Bezos’ Blue Origin.
Not just Musk, even the president has shelled out compliments on Bezos regarding his latest moves at The Washington Post. “I find it to be that the media hasn’t changed that much,” President Donald Trump said in a recent interview with Sharyl Attkisson.
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“I think a guy like Bezos [..] is I’ve gotten to know him, and I think he’s trying to do a real job. Jeff Bezos is trying to do a real job with The Washington Post,” he added.
“That wasn’t happening before,” Trump added, referring to the changes made at the paper after Bezos took ownership of it. One of the biggest changes has been stopping the paper from endorsing any presidential candidate which was met with backlash, however, Bezos insisted that it was intended to restore the paper’s credibility.
With the Trump administration on his side, Bezos has the backing to make major moves in the U.S. markets whether that’s e-commerce, aerospace, journalism, or something else.
