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Jeff Bezos with Secretary
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Jeff Bezos
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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.
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