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Birth
Jeff Bezos was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to a teenage mother. -
Graduation
Jeff Bezos graduated with a computer science and an electrical engineering degree from Princeton University. -
Meeting His Wife
Jeff Bezos met his wife, MacKenzie Bezos at work in 1990 -
Marriage
Jeff and Mackenzie married in 1993. -
Starting Amazon
Jeff Bezos left his job in 1994 to open an online bookstore. -
Launching Amazon
Jeff Bezos invited 300 people to beta test the official Amazon website and launched it on July 16th, 1995 -
Amazon Gets a Little Bigger
At this time Amazon has 11 employees and moves into it's second HQ, a warehouse. They also update their logo. -
The Stock Market
Amazon offers it's first stock offering for $18 per share -
Getting Large
Amazon is now more valuable than Drugstore.com, Pets.com, and Overstock.com -
Getting Recognized by Time
In 1999, Time featured Jeff Bezos as "Person of the Year" -
Modern Logo
In 2000, Amazon updates it's logo again, and they offer free shipping for orders over 100 dollars. -
Search Inside
Amazon launches it's program in 2003 called Search Inside the Book that allows people to search for keywords. -
Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime, Amazon's membership program gets released. -
The Washington Post
Jeff Bezos buys Washington post for $250 million U.S. dollars -
Amazon Continues
Amazon continues to grow with over 100 million Amazon Prime members -
Children
Jeff Bezos now has four children, three boys and one girl adopted from China.
