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Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos

Photo: Seattle City Council from Seattle, CC BY 2.0

Born1964-01-12

Occupationbusiness oligarch, commercial astronaut, computer scientist, entrepreneur

EmployerAmazon, Bankers Trust, D.E. Shaw, First International Telecom

Positionchairman of the executive board, chief executive officer

EducationMiami Palmetto High School, Princeton University, River Oaks Elementary School

AwardsAxel Springer Award, Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization, The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal, Time Person of the Year

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Highlights

“I enjoyed college and I think it's been helpful to me.”
cnbc.com2025-10-09Source
“I think that extra 10 years of experience actually improved the odds that Amazon would succeed,”
cnbc.com2025-10-09Source
“There's a lot of stuff you would learn in a great company that will help you, and then there's still lots of time to start a company after you have absorbed it.”
cnbc.com2025-10-09Source
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“I enjoyed college and I think it's been helpful to me.”
cnbc.com2025-10-09Source
“I think that extra 10 years of experience actually improved the odds that Amazon would succeed,”
cnbc.com2025-10-09Source
“There's a lot of stuff you would learn in a great company that will help you, and then there's still lots of time to start a company after you have absorbed it.”
cnbc.com2025-10-09Source
“learned a tremendous amount”
cnbc.com2025-10-09Source

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