Jeff Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Bezos, better known as Jeff Bezos, is the CEO and Founder of the famous international technology corporation, Amazon. He is a Princeton University graduate and a US-born entrepreneur and business magnate. Jeff Bezos was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on January 12, 1964, and was raised in Houston, Texas.
Jeff Bezos has received numerous honors, including Time's Person of the Year in 1999, U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Person award in 2008, and Fortune's Business Person of the Year award in 2012.
For the first time in four years, Jeff Bezos is no longer the richest person on the planet. Due to a 3% dip in Amazon shares and an increase in his charity donations, his fortune is $6 billion lower than a year ago. He has focused on other endeavors since stepping down as CEO in July: his commercial space company, Blue Origin, launched him into the heavens last summer; he has reportedly purchased a superyacht, and he increased his charitable giving by donating more than $1 billion in 2021 to causes like Barack Obama's foundation and environmental groups.
Net worth: $177 billion