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Little known facts about Jeff Bezos: Amazon's chief & world's 2nd richest man

  • Bezos was born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen. At the time of his birth, his mother was a 17-year-old high school student, and his father was a bike shop owner. After his mother divorced her first husband, she married the Cuban immigrant Miguel 'Mike' Bezos. Mike adopted four-year-old Jorgensen, whose surname was then changed to Bezos. (Seen here with father Miguel Bezos)
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    Bezos was born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen. At the time of his birth, his mother was a 17-year-old high school student, and his father was a bike shop owner. After his mother divorced her first husband, she married the Cuban immigrant Miguel 'Mike' Bezos. Mike adopted four-year-old Jorgensen, whose surname was then changed to Bezos. (Seen here with father Miguel Bezos)
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  • Bezos would spend many summers in his youth learning business skills from his maternal grandfather on his family's ranch near Cotulla, Texas. Until he was 16, he spent all his summers with his 'Pop' at his ranch in 'the middle of nowhere'.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    Bezos would spend many summers in his youth learning business skills from his maternal grandfather on his family's ranch near Cotulla, Texas. Until he was 16, he spent all his summers with his 'Pop' at his ranch in 'the middle of nowhere'.
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  • While Bezos was in high school, he worked at McDonald's as a short-order line cook during the breakfast shift. He attended the Student Science Training Program at the University of Florida. He was high school valedictorian, a National Merit Scholar, and a Silver Knight Award winner in 1982.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    While Bezos was in high school, he worked at McDonald's as a short-order line cook during the breakfast shift. He attended the Student Science Training Program at the University of Florida. He was high school valedictorian, a National Merit Scholar, and a Silver Knight Award winner in 1982.
    MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images
  • A young Bezos often displayed scientific interests and technological proficiency; he once rigged an electric alarm to keep his younger siblings out of his room.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    A young Bezos often displayed scientific interests and technological proficiency; he once rigged an electric alarm to keep his younger siblings out of his room.
    The Washington Post via Getty Images
  • After Bezos graduated from Princeton University in 1986, he was offered jobs at Intel, Bell Labs, and Andersen Consulting, among others. He first worked at Fitel, a fintech telecommunications start-up, where he was tasked with building a network for international trade.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    After Bezos graduated from Princeton University in 1986, he was offered jobs at Intel, Bell Labs, and Andersen Consulting, among others. He first worked at Fitel, a fintech telecommunications start-up, where he was tasked with building a network for international trade.
    JIM WATSON via Getty Images
  • In late 1993, Bezos decided to establish an online bookstore. He left his job at D. E. Shaw and founded Amazon in his garage on July 5, 1994, after writing its business plan on a cross-country drive from New York City to Seattle. Bezos initially named his new company Cadabra but later changed the name to Amazon after the Amazon River in South America.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    In late 1993, Bezos decided to establish an online bookstore. He left his job at D. E. Shaw and founded Amazon in his garage on July 5, 1994, after writing its business plan on a cross-country drive from New York City to Seattle. Bezos initially named his new company Cadabra but later changed the name to Amazon after the Amazon River in South America.
    Neilson Barnard via Getty Images
  • He accepted an estimated $300,000 from his parents and invested in Amazon. He warned many early investors that there was a 70% chance that Amazon would fail or go bankrupt. Although Amazon was originally an online bookstore, Bezos had always planned to expand to other products. Three years after Bezos founded Amazon, he took it public with an initial public offering (IPO).
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    He accepted an estimated $300,000 from his parents and invested in Amazon. He warned many early investors that there was a 70% chance that Amazon would fail or go bankrupt. Although Amazon was originally an online bookstore, Bezos had always planned to expand to other products. Three years after Bezos founded Amazon, he took it public with an initial public offering (IPO).
    Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
  • After going public with Amazon, Bezos raised 54 million US dollars from its IPO in 1997, becoming a millionaire. In 1998, he invested 250 million US dollars in Google becoming one of the first shareholders of the mega company. Just a year later, he had a net worth of 10.1 billion US dollars and was included in the Forbes World’s Billionaires list.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    After going public with Amazon, Bezos raised 54 million US dollars from its IPO in 1997, becoming a millionaire. In 1998, he invested 250 million US dollars in Google becoming one of the first shareholders of the mega company. Just a year later, he had a net worth of 10.1 billion US dollars and was included in the Forbes World’s Billionaires list.
    Katherine Taylor / Reuters
  • In 2013, Bezos purchased <em>The Washington Post</em> for 250 million US dollars in cash through his company named Nash Holdings. He bought the newspaper in a personal capacity, reinvented the newspaper and optimised its digital media and mobile platforms. After three years of purchase, in 2016, the newspaper saw a surge in online readership and began making a profit for the first time since Bezos bought it.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    In 2013, Bezos purchased The Washington Post for 250 million US dollars in cash through his company named Nash Holdings. He bought the newspaper in a personal capacity, reinvented the newspaper and optimised its digital media and mobile platforms. After three years of purchase, in 2016, the newspaper saw a surge in online readership and began making a profit for the first time since Bezos bought it.
    Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters
  • Bezos, whose net worth was 112 billion US dollars in 2018, made 6.24 billion US dollars in five minutes on October 10, 2017, a little less than the GDP of Kyrgyzstan.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    Bezos, whose net worth was 112 billion US dollars in 2018, made 6.24 billion US dollars in five minutes on October 10, 2017, a little less than the GDP of Kyrgyzstan.
    Joshua Roberts / Reuters
  • Despite his wealth and success, in 2014, Bezos was named the 'World’s Worst Boss' by the ITUC, an organisation with 180 million members spanning across 161 countries. Bezos uses the term 'work–life harmony' instead of the more standard work–life balance because he believes balance implies that you can have one and not the other.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    Despite his wealth and success, in 2014, Bezos was named the 'World’s Worst Boss' by the ITUC, an organisation with 180 million members spanning across 161 countries. Bezos uses the term 'work–life harmony' instead of the more standard work–life balance because he believes balance implies that you can have one and not the other.
    Kevin Mazur/MG19 via Getty Images
  • Bezos does not schedule early morning meetings and enforces a two-pizza rule–a preference for meetings to be small enough to where two pizzas can feed everyone in the board room. When interviewing candidates for jobs at Amazon he has stated he considers three factors: can he admire the person, can the person raise the common standard, and under what circumstances could the person become exemplary?
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    Bezos does not schedule early morning meetings and enforces a two-pizza rule–a preference for meetings to be small enough to where two pizzas can feed everyone in the board room. When interviewing candidates for jobs at Amazon he has stated he considers three factors: can he admire the person, can the person raise the common standard, and under what circumstances could the person become exemplary?
    Andrew Couldridge / Reuters
  • On February 1, 2018, Amazon reported its highest ever profit with quarterly earnings of $2 billion. Due to the growth of Alibaba in China, Bezos has often expressed interest in expanding Amazon into India.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    On February 1, 2018, Amazon reported its highest ever profit with quarterly earnings of $2 billion. Due to the growth of Alibaba in China, Bezos has often expressed interest in expanding Amazon into India.
    Anushree Fadnavis / Reuters
  • In 1992, Bezos was working for D. E. Shaw in Manhattan when he met novelist MacKenzie Tuttle, who was a research associate at the firm; the couple married a year later. In 1994, they moved across the country to Seattle, Washington, where Bezos founded Amazon.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    In 1992, Bezos was working for D. E. Shaw in Manhattan when he met novelist MacKenzie Tuttle, who was a research associate at the firm; the couple married a year later. In 1994, they moved across the country to Seattle, Washington, where Bezos founded Amazon.
    picture alliance via Getty Images
  • On January 9, 2019, Bezos and his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie, announced on Twitter their intent to divorce after a 'long period' of separation. On April 4, 2019, the divorce was finalised, with Bezos keeping 75% of the couple's Amazon stock and MacKenzie getting the remaining 25% ($35.6 billion) in Amazon stock. However, Bezos would keep all of the couple's voting rights.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    On January 9, 2019, Bezos and his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie, announced on Twitter their intent to divorce after a 'long period' of separation. On April 4, 2019, the divorce was finalised, with Bezos keeping 75% of the couple's Amazon stock and MacKenzie getting the remaining 25% ($35.6 billion) in Amazon stock. However, Bezos would keep all of the couple's voting rights.
    Toni Anne Barson via Getty Images
  • He and his ex-wife MacKenzie are the parents of four children: three sons, and one daughter adopted from China.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    He and his ex-wife MacKenzie are the parents of four children: three sons, and one daughter adopted from China.
    Todd Williamson via Getty Images
  • Jeff Bezos, who is greatly interested in innovation, is drilling a clock inside a mountain in West Texas. It is a '10,000 Year Clock' that will tick every year and cuckoo every 1000 years.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    Jeff Bezos, who is greatly interested in innovation, is drilling a clock inside a mountain in West Texas. It is a '10,000 Year Clock' that will tick every year and cuckoo every 1000 years.
    Rex Curry / Reuters
  • Bezos has also funded a search of the Atlantic Ocean for NASA rockets. By 2013, the team had found parts of the rocket used to carry Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the moon on Apollo 11.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    Bezos has also funded a search of the Atlantic Ocean for NASA rockets. By 2013, the team had found parts of the rocket used to carry Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the moon on Apollo 11.
    Brendan McDermid / Reuters
  • Bezos played an alien Starfleet official in the movie <em>Star Trek Beyond</em> in 2016. In <em>The Simpsons</em>, he gave his voice for his animated character.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    Bezos played an alien Starfleet official in the movie Star Trek Beyond in 2016. In The Simpsons, he gave his voice for his animated character.
    Mike Blake / Reuters
  • In February 2019, Bezos published a blog post alleging that National Enquirer publisher American Media, Inc. had attempted blackmail and extortion in connection with his alleged affair with Lauren Sánchez. Bezos rumoured girlfriend Lauren Wendy Sánchez is an Emmy Award-nominated American news anchor, entertainment reporter, media personality, actress, producer, pilot and entrepreneur.
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    Little-known facts about Jeff Bezos

    In February 2019, Bezos published a blog post alleging that National Enquirer publisher American Media, Inc. had attempted blackmail and extortion in connection with his alleged affair with Lauren Sánchez. Bezos rumoured girlfriend Lauren Wendy Sánchez is an Emmy Award-nominated American news anchor, entertainment reporter, media personality, actress, producer, pilot and entrepreneur.
    Simon Stacpoole/Offside via Getty Images
Bezos was born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen. At the time of his birth, his mother was a 17-year-old high school student, and his father was a bike shop owner. After his mother divorced her first husband, she married the Cuban immigrant Miguel 'Mike' Bezos. Mike adopted four-year-old Jorgensen, whose surname was then changed to Bezos. (Seen here with father Miguel Bezos)
Bezos would spend many summers in his youth learning business skills from his maternal grandfather on his family's ranch near Cotulla, Texas. Until he was 16, he spent all his summers with his 'Pop' at his ranch in 'the middle of nowhere'.
While Bezos was in high school, he worked at McDonald's as a short-order line cook during the breakfast shift. He attended the Student Science Training Program at the University of Florida. He was high school valedictorian, a National Merit Scholar, and a Silver Knight Award winner in 1982.
A young Bezos often displayed scientific interests and technological proficiency; he once rigged an electric alarm to keep his younger siblings out of his room.
After Bezos graduated from Princeton University in 1986, he was offered jobs at Intel, Bell Labs, and Andersen Consulting, among others. He first worked at Fitel, a fintech telecommunications start-up, where he was tasked with building a network for international trade.
In late 1993, Bezos decided to establish an online bookstore. He left his job at D. E. Shaw and founded Amazon in his garage on July 5, 1994, after writing its business plan on a cross-country drive from New York City to Seattle. Bezos initially named his new company Cadabra but later changed the name to Amazon after the Amazon River in South America.
He accepted an estimated $300,000 from his parents and invested in Amazon. He warned many early investors that there was a 70% chance that Amazon would fail or go bankrupt. Although Amazon was originally an online bookstore, Bezos had always planned to expand to other products. Three years after Bezos founded Amazon, he took it public with an initial public offering (IPO).
After going public with Amazon, Bezos raised 54 million US dollars from its IPO in 1997, becoming a millionaire. In 1998, he invested 250 million US dollars in Google becoming one of the first shareholders of the mega company. Just a year later, he had a net worth of 10.1 billion US dollars and was included in the Forbes World’s Billionaires list.
In 2013, Bezos purchased <em>The Washington Post</em> for 250 million US dollars in cash through his company named Nash Holdings. He bought the newspaper in a personal capacity, reinvented the newspaper and optimised its digital media and mobile platforms. After three years of purchase, in 2016, the newspaper saw a surge in online readership and began making a profit for the first time since Bezos bought it.
Bezos, whose net worth was 112 billion US dollars in 2018, made 6.24 billion US dollars in five minutes on October 10, 2017, a little less than the GDP of Kyrgyzstan.
Despite his wealth and success, in 2014, Bezos was named the 'World’s Worst Boss' by the ITUC, an organisation with 180 million members spanning across 161 countries. Bezos uses the term 'work–life harmony' instead of the more standard work–life balance because he believes balance implies that you can have one and not the other.
Bezos does not schedule early morning meetings and enforces a two-pizza rule–a preference for meetings to be small enough to where two pizzas can feed everyone in the board room. When interviewing candidates for jobs at Amazon he has stated he considers three factors: can he admire the person, can the person raise the common standard, and under what circumstances could the person become exemplary?
On February 1, 2018, Amazon reported its highest ever profit with quarterly earnings of $2 billion. Due to the growth of Alibaba in China, Bezos has often expressed interest in expanding Amazon into India.
In 1992, Bezos was working for D. E. Shaw in Manhattan when he met novelist MacKenzie Tuttle, who was a research associate at the firm; the couple married a year later. In 1994, they moved across the country to Seattle, Washington, where Bezos founded Amazon.
On January 9, 2019, Bezos and his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie, announced on Twitter their intent to divorce after a 'long period' of separation. On April 4, 2019, the divorce was finalised, with Bezos keeping 75% of the couple's Amazon stock and MacKenzie getting the remaining 25% ($35.6 billion) in Amazon stock. However, Bezos would keep all of the couple's voting rights.
He and his ex-wife MacKenzie are the parents of four children: three sons, and one daughter adopted from China.
Jeff Bezos, who is greatly interested in innovation, is drilling a clock inside a mountain in West Texas. It is a '10,000 Year Clock' that will tick every year and cuckoo every 1000 years.
Bezos has also funded a search of the Atlantic Ocean for NASA rockets. By 2013, the team had found parts of the rocket used to carry Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the moon on Apollo 11.
Bezos played an alien Starfleet official in the movie <em>Star Trek Beyond</em> in 2016. In <em>The Simpsons</em>, he gave his voice for his animated character.
In February 2019, Bezos published a blog post alleging that National Enquirer publisher American Media, Inc. had attempted blackmail and extortion in connection with his alleged affair with Lauren Sánchez. Bezos rumoured girlfriend Lauren Wendy Sánchez is an Emmy Award-nominated American news anchor, entertainment reporter, media personality, actress, producer, pilot and entrepreneur.
Yahoo Finance

Here are some rare facts about the personal and professional life of Amazon’s chief, Jeff Bezos, who has attracted significant opposition during his tour of India by pledging $1 billion-dollar in an effort to digitise small and medium enterprises— Amazon’s latest move in its battle for a piece of the country’s vast economy. Amazon has already committed more than $5 billion to growing its business in India.

Source: Wikipedia, unbelievable-facts.com, Financial Express

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