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Jeff Bezos; The Man Known by Everyone as Amazon

Jeff Bezos; The Man Known by Everyone as Amazon

It was in 1994 that "Jeffrey Preston Bezos" or "Jeff Bezos" started the business of selling books online and took the first step to start the "Amazon" empire. But his ambitions are not limited to e-commerce; He has an active presence in the fields of media, production of digital gadgets and even the world of entertainment. Stay with Digital Mag with the biography of Jeff Bezos.

The life of Jeff Bezos at a glance

Jeff Bezos was born in 1964 in the United States of America. He loved computers from the very beginning and studied computer science and electronic engineering at university.

After finishing his studies, he started working on Wall Street. After four years, he left his lucrative job and started Amazon at the age of 30. 

Amazon gradually turned from an online bookstore into the world's largest online store. But Bezos was not satisfied with this and entered new areas; Perhaps the most important of them is the purchase of the "Washington Post" newspaper in 2013. In the following, we will discuss more details about his personal and professional life.

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Before Amazon

Jeff Bezos was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. His parents' marriage lasted only a year, and when Jeff was four, his mother married a Cuban immigrant. Jeff Bezos got his last name from his stepfather.

Since childhood, he had a curious spirit and turned the garage of their house into a laboratory. He amused himself with electronic components. As a teenager, he moved to Miami with his family.

During those years, Jeff fell in love with the fascinating world of computers. He went to Princeton University and graduated with degrees in computer science and electronic engineering.

After graduation, he worked at several different companies on Wall Street, including Fitel, Bankers Trust, and DE Shaw Investment Company.

Amazon's first office on the left and the company's current office on the right

During his four years in the Wall Street market, he achieved many successes. While it always seemed like the perfect thing, Jeff Bezos made the biggest decision of his life. He quit his job in 1994, moved to Seattle and started his own internet business. This is where the story of Amazon began.

The inspiring story of Amazon

It was 1994 and Jeff Bezos was 30 years old. Like many current leaders of the digital world, he understood the unlimited potential of the Internet at the best possible time and made it the foundation of his business.

He set up a small office in his garage. At first, it had only a few employees. They started working on the site's software. Sometime later, they moved their office to a two-bedroom house, and after a short period of time, they built a prototype of their desired website.

The beta test of the site was successfully completed with the participation of 300 people, and on July 16, 1995, Amazon.com was officially born.

The first version of the Amazon website

Amazon's early success was indeed strange. In the first 30 days, Amazon.com sold books in the United States and 45 other countries without any advertising. Within two months, the website's sales reached $20,000 per week.

In 1997, with Amazon's continued success, many economic analysts were skeptical about Amazon's future. Many traditional bookstores started their sales sites little by little; In that situation, what would Amazon do?

Two years passed and Amazon not only did not stop, but surpassed all competitors and became known as the leader of the e-commerce world.

Since 1998, Amazon has put other products for sale on the site; First, it started with CDs and videos, and gradually clothing, electronic devices, toys and several other categories were placed on Amazon.

Jeff Bezos did not stop at Amazon

Most people know Jeff Bezos with his online store, Amazon. But his ambitions have no limits.

In 1998, Amazon acquired the famous website IMDb. A year later, he bought the website Alexa, which operates in the field of providing data and analyzing web pages. In 2007, the Preview website, which reviews digital cameras, became a subsidiary of Amazon.

Amazon was getting better financially year by year in the third millennium. In 2007, Jeff Bezos got down to business and went to the production of digital products. In this year, he unveiled Amazon's first e-reader called "Kindle".

But that is nothing! Jeff Bezos also invested in Blue Origin in the same year. A company that operates in the field of technologies related to space travel.

In 2011 and one year after the introduction of Apple's first iPad, Jeff Bezos introduced Amazon's first tablet. This tablet was called Kindle Fire. Amazon has released several models of e-readers and tablets so far.

In 2013, Jeff Bezos made news again. 

He needed a powerful media outlet and thus bought the Washington Post and all its associated publishers. Bezos spent $250 million to do this. This purchase is related to Jeff Bezos personally and has nothing to do with Amazon.

In the same year, another interesting news was published in the media. Jeff Bezos came up with the idea of ​​sending goods by drone. Amazon is currently working on this plan, which is known as "Amazon Prime Air".

Jeff Bezos also founded a company called Bezos Expeditions. His personal investments are made through this company.

Many of today's well-known companies, services, and sites have received all or part of their funding from Bezos Expeditions. Among them, we can mention the famous news website BusinessInsider.com.

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