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Jeff Bezos: Real Time Net Worth
Jeff Bezos: Real Time Net Worth
$194.7B
Jeff Bezos founded e-commerce giant Amazon in 1994 out of his garage
in Seattle. He will step down as CEO and become executive chairman in late
2021.
Between March and April 2020, amid the pandemic, Amazon said it
hired 175,000 additional workers.
In April 2020, Bezos said he would give $100 million to Feed America, a
nonprofit that operates food banks and food pantries across the country.
Amazon has faced criticism from U.S. senators and the general public
for its treatment of warehouse workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
He divorced his wife MacKenzie in 2019 after 25 years of marriage and
transferred a quarter of his Amazon stake to her.
In 2019, Amazon notched $280.5 billion in revenues and a record $11.5
billion in net profit.
Bezos owns The Washington Post and Blue Origin, an aerospace
company that is developing rockets for commercial use.
Reference: https://www.forbes.com/profile/jeff-bezos/?list=rtb/&sh=5ea2ce941b23