INTRODUCING PLANET'S FIRST CENTI-BILLIONAIRE
JEFFREY PRESTON BEZOS AKA JEFF BEZOS IS CURRENTLY AN AMERICAN INTERNET, A MEDIA TYCOON, AND INVESTOR. HE IS BEST KNOWN AS THE FOUNDER, CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE ONLINE RETAIL COMPANY AMAZON. WITH RESPECT OF FORBES WEALTH INDEX, HE WAS NAMED AS THE WORLD'S FIRST CENTI-BILLIONAIRE AS MENTIONED IN THE ABOVE TITLE. BEZOS HAS BEEN THE WORLD'S RICHEST PERSON SINCE 2017 AND WAS NAMED THE "RICHEST MAN IN MODERN HISTORY " AFTER HIS NET WORTH INCREASED TO $150 BILLION IN JULY 2018.
*FORBES WEALTH INDEX* - https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#6a98f42a3d78
- BIRTH DATE - 12th January 1964
- BIRTH PLACE - Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
- AGE - 56
- EDUCATION - PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (BS)
- NET WORTH - US$ 151.6 BILLION (MAY 2020)
PAST CAREER
After Bezos graduated from Princeton University in 1986, he was offered jobs at Intel, Bell Labs, and Andersen Consulting, among others. He first worked at Fitel, a fintech telecommunications start-up, where he was tasked with building a network for international trade. Bezos was promoted to head of development and director of customer service thereafter.He transitioned into the banking industry when he became a product manager at Bankers Trust. He worked there from 1988 to 1990. He then joined D. E. Shaw & Co, a newly-founded hedge fund with a strong emphasis on mathematical modelling in 1990 and worked there until 1994. Bezos became D. E. Shaw's fourth senior vice-president at the age of 30.
