Jeff Bezos Google
When jeff bezos invested in google in 1998 he attributed his decision to the fact that he just fell in love with larry and sergey the two co founders of the online search giant.
Jeff bezos google. Bezos met google founders larry page and sergey brin in 1998 and managed to become one of the. 33 on last year s forbes 400 with a net worth of over 8 7 billion. Amazon s jeff bezos facebook s mark zuckerberg google s sundar pichai and apple s tim cook could have been asked some real pointed questions with relevance about today or antitrust concerns. Bezos was born jeffrey preston jorgensen in albuquerque new mexico on january 12 1964 the son of jacklyn née gise and ted jorgensen.
Jeff bezos and then wife mackenzie bezos at the 2018 vanity fair oscar party. Warren buffett says he made mistakes by not investing in two dominant technology companies alphabet and amazon. Google went on to become one. Bezos was followed by microsoft founder bill.
Mackenzie bezos scott gave away and made back 1 7b in one week business insider mackenzie scott formerly mackenzie bezos announced wednesday that she had donated 1 7 billion to 116 different organizations tackling a variety of social. Growing up jeff bezos worked summers on his grandfather s ranch repairing caterpillar tractors. He was the only person on the list with over 100 billion in wealth. At the time of his birth his mother was a 17 year old high school student and his father was a bike shop owner.
To be filed firmly in the categories of the rich get richer and it does usually make sense to be both lucky and good this week s new yorker notes that jeff bezos was one of the early investors in google. Jeff bezos made a personal early investment in google in 1998 four years after founding amazon as detailed in the everything store. Yes that jeff bezos. That may not be the same anymore considering google s ambitions.
I made the wrong decisions. Amazon ceo jeff bezos facebook ceo mark zuckerberg google ceo sundar pichai and apple ceo tim cook testified before congress on wednesday about how they use their market power to destroy. Alphabet is the parent company of search engine google.