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Date Born & Location
Jeff Bezos was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. -
Where did He go to School
Jeff Bezos went to high school after his family moved to Miami. He went to high school in Miami Palmetto High School, where he was high school valedictorian, and a National Merit Scholar, as well as receiving a Silver Knight Award. -
Where Did He Go to College
Jeff Bezos went to Princeton, He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. While at Princeton, he was also elected to Tau Beta Pi. He served as the president of the Princeton chapter of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space. -
1st Job/Early Career
Jeff Bezos worked on Wall Street in the computer science field. Then, he worked for a company known as Fitel. He then worked at Bankers Trust. Later on, he worked at the hedge fund company D. E. Shaw & Co. -
1st Major Job Accomplishment
During a cross-country drive from New York to Seattle, Jeff Bezos wrote up the business plan to one of the most influential and huge companies in the world, Amazon. -
2nd Major Job Accomplishment
Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin, a human spaceflight startup company. He says he did this because of his interest in "space hotels, amusement parks, colonies and small cities for 2 million or 3 million people orbiting the Earth." -
3rd Major Job Accomplishment
On August 5, 2013, Jeff Bezos independently bought "The Washington Post" for 250 million USD. -
Current Activities
Jeff Bezos is currently working on keeping Amazon running, and getting people into space with his company Blue Origin. He is also invested in many other companies and is working on those as well.
