Browse: Companies | People | Financial Organizations
Home > People > Jeff Bezos

Degrees

Companies

Principal Advisor
President, CEO, Chairman of the Board
Board

Financial Organizations

Web Presences

Tags

Jeff Bezos

Jeffrey Preston Bezos, originally of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the founder, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Amazon.com. Bezos graduated from Princeton University Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to founding Amazon in 1994, he worked as a financial analyst for D. E. Shaw & Co. Time magazine named Bezos the Person of the Year in 1999

Milestones

  • Jeff Bezos — Named one of Time Magazine's top 25 most influential people on the web (1999) (9/30/08)
    Posted 9/30/08 at 11:29am
  • Invested in ChaCha. (1/1/07)
    Posted 8/11/07 at 3:07am
  • Invested in Pelago. (11/1/06)
    Posted 11/2/07 at 12:02pm
  • Invested in Linden Lab. (3/1/06)
    Posted 7/12/07 at 2:05am
  • Added position as Investor at Pelago.
    Posted 4/8/08 at 3:00pm
  • Added position as Principal Advisor at A9.
    Posted 5/25/08 at 10:07am
  • Added position as President, CEO, Chairman of the Board at Amazon.
    Posted 1/5/09 at 10:50am
  • Added position as Board at Kosmix.
    Posted 10/19/09 at 8:09pm

Videos

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
ChaCha 1/07Series A$6M2
Pelago 11/06Series A$7.4M3
Linden Lab 3/06Series B$11M7

Sources

  1. The 25 Most Influential People on the Web (images.businessweek.com) [edit]
  2. techcrunch.com [edit]
  3. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (seattlepi.nwsource.com) [edit]
  4. 'Second Life' scores $11 million in funding (news.com) [edit]

TechCrunch Posts TechCrunch Logo Small Picture

Techmeme Posts Techmeme Logo Small Picture

External Links

Embed Widget

CrunchBase API

Sponsors



Become a Sponsor
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Licensing Policy