Jeff Bezos Founder of Amazon

Biography of Jeff Bezos

Early Life

Jeff Bezos founder of Amazon was born on 12^th January, 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His maternal grandfather worked on the lands acquired by the family; he spent all his summers of childhood working with his grandfather in the farms. There he used to take care of cattle and windmills.In early childhood, his mother married to another man. After that marriage, the new family moved to Houston, Texas. From his childhood he was very much interested in skills related to machines and science.

Again his family moved to Miami, Florida, there he got admission in Palmetto Senior High School. In that school he also showed his interest in science and attended science training, “Student Science Training Program” at the University of Florida. In 1982, in that training he won a “Silver Knight Award”.

After his early education he got admission in Princeton University. His intentions were to get graduation in physics but his love of computer science dragged him into that field. He completed his bachelors in computer science and electrical engineering.

Job Career

Soon after his graduation he entered into business world. He worked in the computer science at Wall Street. After that he worked on creating international trade network for Fitel Company. His next job was at Bankers Trust as a vice-president. Then he also worked at D. E. Shaw and Co. for creating opportunities in Internet-based business.

Founder of Amazon.com

He founded his remarkable website Amazon.com in 1994. He wrote his business plan on the way to Seattle from New York. When he observed that the usage of internet is growing day by day he left his job at New York City. He entered into online retailer market in Washington.

He observed the online order mails of the products and made the conclusion that books were not ordered online. So he initially opened up his business for online bookstore. Amazon.com company was founded in 1994 and its website was made a year after in 1995.

Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. is an online shopping store. It is an American electronic business company which is working internationally. The headquarters of this company is in Seattle, Washington, United States of America. As far as the ranking and reputation of the company is concerned, it is regarded as the world’s biggest retailer company in terms of online commerce. As mentioned earlier that it was initially an online bookstore, but after the progress of the company its catalogue diversified. It is now involved in selling of DVDs, CDs, games, software, and so many other items.

Later years

He was an amazing businessman, he continued to move on his path of success and throughout his carrier he diversified his business portfolio.  He started a company in 2000 with the name “Blue Origin”, which was a human spaceflight company. This company was kept as secret and in 2006 it was publically known.

It 2002, he further increased his firm with the addition of clothes in its catalogue. He made contracts with many retailers throughout U.S.

After that for many successive years this company went on to introduce a number of electronic devices into the market. And in 2013 he went on to purchase a newspaper “The Washington Post”. For his work he had won so many awards in 2012 and 2013.