Jeff bezos
- 1. This presentation prepared by Sajjad Qasim khushik MBA from university of sindh (DADU) campus
- 3. Synopsis • Entrepreneur and e-commerce pioneer Jeff Bezos was born on January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bezos had an early love of computers and studied computer science and electrical engineering at Princeton University. After graduation in 1986,he worked on Wall Street In computer science field, and in 1990 became the youngest senior vice president at the investment firm D.E. Shaw. Four years later, he quit his lucrative job to open Amazon.com, a virtual bookstore that became one of the internet's biggest success stories.
- 4. • While Amazon still struggles to make a profit on its retail end, the company made big waves in 2013 because of the success of Amazon Web Services (AWS). As computing switches from devices and local servers to the cloud, AWS is emerging as a true leader in the space, impressing investors and accelerating cloud adaptation across the globe. Bezos is credited with the growth of e-commerce by taking the site from being primarily a bookseller to its status today as the top retailer on the web.
- 5. In 2013, Bezos made headlines when he purchased The Washington Post in a $250 million deal. As of July 2014, according to Forbes's The World's Billionaires list, Bezos is listed as the 17th wealthiest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $32.3 billion.
- 7. Amazon Status: Industry: Online Retailing Annual Revenue: $61.09 Billion # of Employees: 97,000 Famous For: Being the world’s largest online retailer