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Jeff Bezos is born
Jeff Bezos is born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. -
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The life of Jeff Bezos
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Bezos "works" at his grandparents ranch
Bezos' grandparents let him pretend to work on their ranch when he was little. He spent all his summers on the ranch from ages four to sixteen. -
Bezos develops the Dream Institute
While in his high school days, Bezos develops the Dream Institution, a education center that promoted creative thinking in young students. -
Bezos graduates from Princeton University
Bezos graduates summa cum laude from Princeton University with degrees in computer science and electrical engineering. -
Bezos gets a job
Bezos works as the firm's youngest senior vice president in the New York investment bank D.E Shaw & Co. -
Bezos moves to Seattle
Bezos quits his job at D.E Shaw & Co. and moves to Seattle, Washington and opened a virtual bookstore. -
Amazon is created and sells it's first product
Bezos names his site after the South American river and sells it's first book ever. -
Amazon begins selling CD's
Amazon begins to selling CD's and videos. -
Bezos invests in virtual stores
Bezos adds auctions to Amazon and begins to invest in other virtual stores. -
Amazon diversifies it's products
Amazon now offers a vast array of products like apparel, hardware, and consumer electronics. -
Amazon introduces Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web-Services, a cloud computing service that would eventually become the largest such service in the world, was added to Amazon. -
Kindle was created
Late 2007, a new device called that read digital books with wireless internet connectivity called Kindle would be introduced. -
Amazon began moved to the television
Amazon began creating television shows and movies with its Amazon Studios Division. -
Amazon is now worth $233 billion
From being worth $19.1 billion in 2008, Amazon is now worth $233 billion. -
Bezos divorces his wife
Bezos' marriage to Mackenzie Tuttle would end with them divorcing.