Jeff Bezos, a pioneering entrepreneur, founded Amazon.com in 1994 with a mission to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. Amazon's vast offerings include low prices and rapid delivery on millions of items, extensive Prime Video content, innovative Kindle, Fire, and Echo devices, and the Alexa voice recognition service. Moreover, Amazon Web Services empowers companies and governments worldwide, spanning over 190 countries.
Beyond Amazon, Bezos is also the founder of Blue Origin, a company dedicated to making spaceflight safer and more affordable. Additionally, he is the owner of the prestigious Washington Post. Bezos has established two philanthropic organizations, the Bezos Earth Fund, which supports non-profit efforts to preserve and protect the natural world, and the Bezos Day One Fund, which provides grants to non-profits serving homeless families and is establishing a network of preschools in low-income communities.
Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Bezos graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University in 1986 with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science. His outstanding achievements have earned him recognition, including being named TIME Magazine's Person of the Year in 1999.
