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Jeff Bezos $108.2bn
Self-made billionaire Jeff Bezos, aged 55, is the founder and current CEO of Amazon. The American multinational technology company was founded by Bezos in 1994, working out of his garage in Seattle, Washington selling books. In 2005, Amazon added auctions to the site and began selling multiple hardware, electrical and apparel products, as well as CDs and books. By 2014, it had launched Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon Kindles, Amazon Studios and Amazon Alexa. Jeff Bezos has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science from Princeton University. As well as being the founder and CEO of Amazon, Bezos founded Blue Origin in 2000 to manufacture aerospace technology and provide sub-orbital spaceflight services. In 2013 he became the owner of the Washington Post.
Jeff Bezos with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter w w w.busi ne ssc hief. com
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