Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994 and serves as its executive chair. He is also the founder of Blue Origin, advancing a long-term vision of relocating heavy and polluting industry off Earth to protect the planet. In 2021, Bezos flew aboard the company’s New Shepard rocket above the Kármán line on company’s first human spaceflight. In 2020, he launched the Bezos Earth Fund, a $10 billion commitment to advancing science-based solutions to protect and restore the natural world. He also founded the Bezos Day One Fund, focused on supporting homeless families and building a network of tuition-free preschools in underserved communities. In 2025, Bezos co-founded and became co-CEO of Prometheus, developing AI solutions for advanced manufacturing and industrial systems. Bezos acquired The Washington Post in 2013. He graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University in 1986 and was named TIME magazine’s Person of the Year in 1999.