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Jeff Bezos born
Bezos was born in New Mexico -
Graduated from Princeton University
He holds a degree in electrical engineering and computer science. -
Worked on Wall Street
He worked on Wall Street in a variety of related fields from 1986 to 1994. -
Founded Amazon
The company began as an online bookstore and has since expanded to a wide variety of other e-commerce products and services -
Bezos become a millionaire
He became a millionaire in aged of 33 -
Amazon began selling CDs
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Person of the year
He was named Time Magazine’s Person of the year in 1999 -
Founded Blue Origin
A human space flight startup company -
Amazon began selling clothes
Amazon added clothes -
Kindle E-Reader
Amazon released the Kindle, a handheld digital book reader that allowed users to buy, download, read and store their book selections -
Amazon Studios
Bezos premiered several original programs with the launch of Amazon Studios in 2013. -
Amazon Drones
Amazon started using drones to provide delivery services to customers. -
Bezos Day One Fund
Bezos launched the Bezos Day One Fund which focuses on funding existing non-profits that help homeless families and creating a network of new non-profit tier-one preschools in low-income communities -
Earth Fund
Bezos announced that he was launching the Bezos Earth Fund to combat the potentially devastating effects of climate change. -
Retiring as CEO of Amazon
Amazon announced that Bezos will step down as CEO in the third quarter of the year.
