Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( ; ; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman, media proprietor and investor. He is the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. He is the third-wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of about US$180 billion as of January 2024. He was the wealthiest from 2017 to 2021, according to both the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes. Wikipedia