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Entrepreneur and e-commerce pioneer Jeff Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon, the e-commerce company. He is also the owner of The Washington Post and the space exploration company Blue Origin. Jeff Bezos was born on January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico and since childhood, he has taken a liking to computers that paved the way for the person he has become. Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos Basic Information Name Jeff Preston Bezos Category Entrepreneur Nationality American Alma Mater Princeton University Occupation Businessman, Investor, Computer Engineer Net Worth US $160 billion Birth Place Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S Age 56 Jeff Bezos Family and Personal Details Parents Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen Ted Jorgensen Spouse (s) MacKenzie Tuttle (m. 1993, div. 2019) Children 4 Religion N/A Jeff Bezos Company Profile Name Amazon Industry E-commerce, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, consumer electronics, digital distribution, self-driving cars Founded in July 5, 1994 Headquart...

  Amazon founder’s net worth tumbles to $150.1bn as the e-commerce company’s shares struggle Amazon founder Jeff Bezos slipped to third place in the Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List with his net worth dropping to $150.1 billion driven by a rout in Amazon shares. The billionaire saw $20.5bn of his wealth melt away after the e-commerce company’s results left investors disappointed. This placed Bernard Arnault, chairman of French luxury group LVMH, in second place with a personal fortune of $157.7bn, according to Forbes . In contrast to the Forbes’ list, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index named Mr Bezos the world’s second richest person with a net worth of $148bn. At his peak this year, the Amazon founder enjoyed a net worth of more than $210bn. Amazon shares were down 14 per cent on Friday after it reported its first quarterly loss in seven years and the slowest sales growth since 2001 as the largest online retailer struggles to build off the major gains it made early in the ...