Jeff Bezos Net Worth 2023: Car, Salary, business, awards

Table of Contents

• Early life
• Career
• Awards & Recognition
• Wealth Graph
• Jeff Bezos Forbes Net Worth  $ 155.9 Billion (INR 1,28,78, 82.88 Cr).as per Forbes August 2023
• Personal Life
• House
• Car Collection & Private Jet
• Charity & Social Welfare
• Social Media Activity
• Quick Facts
• FAQ

 

Early life

In 1964 on January 12th, He was born in Albuquerque, which is in New Mexico in the United States. His father, Ted Jorgensen, was a bike shop owner in Glendale, Arizona. And his mother, Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen who worked in a retail store.

He has a brother Mark Bezos And one sister named Christina Bezos. 

He has completed his school education at River Oaks Elementary High School, Houston District of Texas.

 And he has taken a degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University in the year of 1986. 

Career

Two years after graduation in 1988, he had many job offers like Bell labs and Anderson consulting. But he refused all those offers and selected Start-up at Fintech Communication. After two years of service, he came into the Banking Industries. He became a product manager at Bankers Trust.

Like Fintech, He left out the bankers Trust and in 1990 and joined a private limited partnership company D.E.Shaw & Co. He became senior vice president here at D.E.Shaw & Co. and worked here till 1994.

He then made a plan to launch Amazon Business during a road trip from New York to Seattle. He then arranged some $ 300,000 from his parents and started amazon.

He started Amazon from a small Online Book store, and within four years, he expanded his store with music, videos, and other consumer durable products until the year 1998. Bezos started The Human spaceflight startup company Blue origin in 2000. He launched Amazon Web Services in 2002.

He launched amazon kindle in 2007.

He then launched Amazonfresh, which is a grocery part of Amazon.

In 2013 he bought the American daily newspaper The Washington Post FOR $ 250 Million. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg met with him at Facebook’s headquarters on 8th December 2014 to discuss the Expansion of Facebook.

Till 2018 his blue origin started its human space travel, which cost $ 200,000 to $ 300,000 per passenger. By 10th January 2018, he made $ 6.6 billion (Rs 4,88,02.05 Cr) to his fortune making him the largest gainer of that year and  Chinese born billionaire businesswoman Yang Huiyan becomes the second in single day fortune gain.

In the same year, Amazon announced its highest ever profit of $ 2 Billion.

And he became the World’s richest person by crossing over Bill Gates And on March 06th, 2018, he has announced as the World’s richest person by Forbes Magazine.

Awards & Recognition

He received the “The person of the year” award by Time Magazine in 1999.

He received the” Businessperson of the Year” award by Fortune in 2012.

In 2014 he also achieved the Rank of Best performing CEO by “The Harvard Business Review.”

He became the 50 most significant leader of the World by Fortune in 2015.

In 2018 Time Magazine also announced him as the 100 most influential person in the World.

Wealth Graph

For the first time, Bezos became a millionaire in 1997 by managing $ 54 million through Amazon’s initial public offer. He was able to enlist his name in Forbes’s billionaire in 1999 by making a net worth of $ 10.1 Billion.

2016 in March, he became the World’s 5th most affluent on the Forbes List By arranging his net worth of $ 45.2 Billion. In the same year by November, he unofficially became the World’s third-richest after achieving $ 66.5 Billion just next to Warren Buffett.

In November, his Net Worth hit for the first time to $ 100 Billion.

In 2018, March Bezos became the World’s richest Person by crossing over the Microsoft Founder Bill Gates And Make his net worth $ 112 Billion.

Jeff Bezos Forbes Net Worth  $ 155.9 Billion (INR 1,28,78, 82.88 Cr).as per Forbes August 2023

• He has founded the e-commerce giant Amazon in 1994 out of his garage in Seattle. He stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman on 5th July 2021.
• Amazon thrived during the pandemic; revenues in 2020 grew 38% to $386 billion (Rs 2,87,14,54.00 Cr) as people stayed home and made online purchases.
• In April 2020, Bezos said he would give $100 million (Rs 7,43.90 Cr) to Feed America, a nonprofit that operates food banks and food pantries across the country.
• He and his wife Mackenzie divorced in 2019 after 25 years of marriage and he transferred a quarter of his 16% Amazon stake to her.

Personal Life

In 1993, Amazon was launched Bezos married( 1993- 2019) to Mackenzie Scott.

The couple has four children, One daughter which they adopted from China and three sons. The eldest son is Preston, followed by two other sons.

But, sadly, the World’s wealthiest power couple had to fill the divorce in 2012.

Finally, their divorce settled with $ 38 Billion, which is the World’s Highest-paid divorce amount as of now.

House

The planet richest person has three luxury apartments in his Asset class

Medina, Washington House- According to the wall street journal he has bought this 29000 sq feet in 1998 of $ 10 Million ( INR 7,000 Cr). Another is a 20,600 sq ft house of $ 53 Million (INR 37,100 Cr).

And currently, he has purchased a house in Beverly Hills of $ 165 Million ( INR 115,500 Cr), which is the highest ever paid property in Los Angeles.

Car Collection & Private Jet

He has all the highest class of luxury cars in the World in his collection, as shown below.

1. Lamborghini Veneno of $ 5,000,000 ( INR 37,44,25,000) 
2. Ferrari Pininfarina Sergio of $ 3,000,000 (INR 22,46,77,500).
3. Bugatti Veyron Mansory of $ 3,500,000( INR 26,21,23,750),
4. Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita of $ 5,000,000( INR 37,44,25,000),
5. 1988 Chevrolet Blazer of $ 15,000 (INR 11,23,387)
6. BMW i8 $ 150,000 (1,12,32,375) ,
7. Lykan Hypersport $ 4,000,000(INR 29,95,02,000) ,
8. Honda Accord $ 5000 ( INR 3,74,377).

And a private jet Gulf stream 650ER of $ 70,000,000(INR 5,24,14,95,000).

Charity & Social Welfare

From 2009 to 2017 Bezos donated $ 500,000 ( INR 3,74,25,000) to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre.

September 2018 He donated approximately $ 2 Billion To the American homeless. And created a group of nonprofit preschools for the lower-income community.

February 2020, he donated $ 10 Billion to Combat climate change.

He has also Donated $ 100 Million( INR 7,48,87,50,000) to “Feeding America,” Which is a United state-based nonprofit organization.

It is a Nationwide network of 200 Food Banks That helps approximately 50 million people by providing food. During the COVID-19.

Social Media Activity

Bezos is Millionaire in social media followers also. He has 5.5 Million followers on Twitter and 4 million followers on Instagram

Quick Facts

Titles	Description
Real Name	Jeffrey Preston Bezos
Birth Place	Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States
Parents	Father- Ted Jorgensen And mother- Jacklyn Bezos
Education	Graduation in Electrical engineering and computer science from  Princeton University
Top Achievements	Bezos became a millionaire in 1997 by managing $ 54 million.  Enlist his name in Forbes world’s billionaire in 1999 by making a net worth of $ 10.1 Billion. In 2016 in March, he became the world’s 5th richest with a net worth of $ 45.2 Billion. In 2016 November, he unofficially became the world’s third-richest after achieving $ 66.5 Billion. In November his Net Worth hit for the first time to $ 100 Billion. In 2018, March  Bezos becomes the world’s richest with a net worth of $ 112 Billion.
Luxury Car And private Jet	Bugatti Veyron Mansory of $ 3,500,000( INR 26,21,23,750), Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita of $ 5,000,000( INR 37,44,25,000), 1988 Chevrolet Blazer of $ 15,000 (INR 11,23,387) BMW i8 $ 150,000 (1,12,32,375) ,Lykan Hypersport $ 4,000,000(INR 29,95,02,000) ,Honda Accord $ 5000 ( INR 3,74,377). And a private jet Gulfstream 650ER of $ 70,000,000(INR 5,24,14,95,000).
Twitter account	Twitter/Jeff Bezos
Instagram Account	Instagram/Jeff Bezos
Net Worth	$ 155.9 Billion (INR 1,28,78, 82.88 Cr).as per Forbes August 2023.
Last updated	August 2023

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