Richest Man in the World

Richest man in the world – Jeff Bezos

CEO and Founder, Amazon

• Jeff Bezos founded e-commerce giant Amazon in 1994 out of his garage in Seattle. He stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman on July 5, 2021.
• Amazon thrived during the pandemic; revenues in 2020 grew 38% to $386 billion as people stayed home and made online purchases.
• In April 2020, Bezos said he would give $100 million to Feed America, a nonprofit that operates food banks and food pantries across the country.
• Amazon has faced criticism from U.S. senators and the general public for its treatment of warehouse workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
• He and his wife MacKenzie divorced in 2019 after 25 years of marriage and he transferred a quarter of his 16% Amazon stake to her.
• Bezos owns The Washington Post and Blue Origin, an aerospace company that is developing rockets for commercial use.

He is also one of the four richest people in the world with a net worth of over 200 billion U.S. dollars

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American internet entrepreneur, industrialist, media owner and investor. He is also one of the four richest people in the world with a net worth of over US$200 billion. He has been named the richest man in the world since 2018 and is also the founder of Amazon, a multinational technology company. Amazon started as a small online bookstore in 1994, and has since expanded into other e-commerce products and services, including audiovisual and music streaming, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.

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