01. Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos was born as Jeffrey Preston Jorgenson on January 12, 1964 in Bellevue, Washington. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Amazon.com. He was named after his father's friend, Jack Treynor Bezo. His family moved to Texas where he attended high school. In 1981, he dropped out of college to join National Lampoon magazine. But it wasn't until 1985, when he started what would eventually become Amazon.com, that he decided to try something different. Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994. It became the largest online retailer in America.
1. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post newspaper, as well as nearly half of the American television network, A&E. He’s also worth $137 billion.
2. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Adela Sprague (a former flight attendant) and Philip Merrill “Pete” Bezos, a successful aerospace engineer who worked at IBM. His parents divorced when he was 4 years old.
3. Before launching his own company, Bezos worked at DDB Needham Worldwide, where he met future wife MacKenzie. He also attended Princeton University before dropping out to start Amazon.
4. In 1996, Bezos took over as head of the Seattle-based online retailer after its first two CEOs resigned under pressure. Today, Amazon is the world’s largest online marketplace, with revenues of around $90 billion last year.
5. Bezos owns 50.9 percent of the company, according to Forbes, while Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates holds 25 percent. Bezos purchased the shares in 1998 for about $8 million.
6. According to CNBC, the couple have three children: Maxima, born 1997; followed by their daughter, Virginia, in 1999; and then son Elliot in 2002.
7. After he became CEO, Bezos hired the late author Kurt Vonnegut as an adviser. The two developed a close friendship, and together wrote the book “Player Piano,” published in 1952.
8. Bezos owns the Washington Post and also publishes Blue Origin, a private rocket company.
02. Bill Gates
Bill Gates was born William Henry Gates III on August 4, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He is currently the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft. Gates holds dual citizenship in the United States and Canada. He has been married three times. He had a daughter, Jennifer Aniston, from his first marriage; a son, Rory, from his second marriage; and a daughter, Phoebe Ann, from his third marriage.
03. Warren Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett was born on February 23, 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska. He is an American investor, businessman, and philanthropist who is best known as the billionaire Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Berkshire Hathaway. He earned the nickname "The Sage of Omaha". He was ranked number 25 of the world's wealthiest people according to Forbes in 2016. Mr. Buffett's net worth is $83Billion, and is ranked No. 2 on Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Powerful People list. His company Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) holds several companies including Coca-Cola. As of Aug 6, 2016, he was estimated to be the second richest billionaire.
04. Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook Co-Founder & CEO
Zuckerberg has a net worth of around $55 Billion. At age 30, he became the youngest self-made multi-billionaire. He is currently the world's third-richest individual, behind only Bill Gates and Amancio Ortega, the founder of Inditex.
0 Response to "Top 4 richest person in the world"
Post a Comment