Jeffrey Preston Bezos aka Preston Bezos or Jeff Bezos is an American technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder and chairman of the popular online shopping platform, Amazon.com, Inc. Likewise, he also owns other renowned companies such as the Washington Post, Blue Origin, etc.
Bezos was regarded as the wealthiest person in the world in 2018. His net worth is $165.6 billion as of 2019. What is his annual income?
Preston Bezos’ Bio, Wiki, & Early Life
Preston Bezos was born on 12th January 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico but grew up in Houston, Texas. Bezos was raised by his stepfather and mother along with two siblings, Mark Bezos, and Christina Bezos. As a matter of fact, his full name is Jeffrey Preston Bezos and he is also known as Jeff Bezos or Preston Bezos.
As per some sources, his mother was just 17 years old when she gave birth to him. Moreover, Bezos’ parents are Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen (Mother) and Ted Jorgensen (Father) a bike shop owner. Later, her mother divorced his father and married Miguel and moved to Houston Texas, where his step-father used to work as an engineer for Exxon.
Bezos belongs to a mixed (Mexican-American) ethnicity and holds an American nationality. In addition, his birth sign is Capricorn.
Jeff Bezos childhood image
Bezos studied at River Oaks Elementary School in Houston from fourth to the sixth grade and later attended Miami Palmetto High School. Likewise, he studied at Princeton University and graduated from there in 1986 with a 4.2-grade point average and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and computer science.
Similarly, Bezos was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Moreover, he attended the Student Science Training Program at the University of Florida. On the contrary, he was a National Merit Scholar and a Silver Knight Award winner in 1982.
Preston Bezos’ Body Measurement (Height & Weight)
Preston Bezos is a man with a strong personality and muscular body. Likewise, Bezos’ height is 5 feet 7 inches (1.71m) and weighs around 70 Kg (154 lbs). However, there is no information about his exact body measurements until now.
Bezos with an artificial dog Instagram
Moreover, his eye color is hazel and he is bald. Further, his age is 55 years as of 2019. Despite being in his mid-50s, he still looks charming and still active in his professional career.
Preston Bezos’ Career (Amazon)
Bezos kicked off his career at financial telecommunication and later worked as a manager at Bankers Trust. Then, he worked as a vice president of investment management firm D. E. Shaw & Co in 1990. Furthermore, in 1994, Bezos took a huge step by quitting the job and started his own company, Amazon in 1994.
He started the Amazon from a small garage where his father used to work. Currently, it is the largest online shopping platform in the world, the largest internet company by revenue, the largest provider of AI assistance of the world as of 2019.
Preston Bezos GeekWire
Preston started the company as a bookstore but it turned into a general online retail store. Later, he bought all other competing firms such as Amazon Web Services and Amazon Kindle. By 2013, it became the world’s largest online shopping retailer. Similarly, he also owns other business firms such as human spaceflight company, Blue Origin, Bezos Expeditions, etc.
Moreover, Bezos is regarded as a brilliant but mysterious and cold-blooded corporate titan by the New York Times. Not only that but Bezos is also the Person of the Year in 1999 and he is in the world’s most influential people’s list by 2018.
Not to mention, Bezos first became the world’s wealthiest person with an estimated net worth over $90 billion on July 27, 2017. Later, his net worth crossed $100 billion for the first time on November 24, 2017, and announced the wealthiest person in the world by Forbes on March 6, 2018, with a net worth of $112 billion.
Moreover, his net worth rose to $150 billion in July 2018 which earned Bezos as “far richer than anyone else on the planet” in September2018. As of 2019, Amazon’s market value is about to reach $1 trillion.
Preston Bezos’ Personal Life (Married & Divorce)
The richest person in our world, Preston Bezos is a divorced man as of 2019. Bezos was previously married to a Novelist MacKenzie Bezos in 1993 and moved to Seattle, Washington. Unfortunately, there is no information about the marriage ceremony until now. The couple first met in 1992 and dated for a year before they tied the knot in 1993.
Jeff with his former wife MacKenzie Business Insider
Furthermore, the two share 4 children: three sons and an adopted daughter from China. However, they failed to continue their relationship and divorced. They announced their divorce in January 2019 and finalized in April. However, in an interview, Mackenzie stated that:
“We’ve had such a great life together as a married couple, and we also see wonderful futures ahead, as parents, friends, partners in ventures and projects, and as individuals pursuing ventures and adventures. Though the labels might be different, we remain a family, and we remain cherished friends.”
Bezos with his family CNBC
As a part of the divorce settlement, MacKenzie Bezos got 25% of Amazon stock, which will amount to around $38 billion. As per some sources, Bezos is allegedly involved with Lauren Sanchez, a former TV anchor and the wife of Hollywood talent mogul Patrick Whiteshell. Keep updated with us, we will let you know whether it is just a rumor or fact.
Preston Bezos’ Net Worth (House & Income)
Preston Bezos’ net worth is around $165.6 Billion as of 2019. He collects this hefty amount of money through his successful career as an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. However, he accumulates a majority of this amount of money as a founder and CEO of Amazon.
Likewise, he adds some of the money to his net worth through secondary companies that he owns such as, Washington Post, Blue Origin, etc. As a matter of fact, he owns $80 million shares of Amazon stock.
Furthermore, talking about his income, he earns $4,475,885 per hour and $275 Million per day. Moreover, he owns a real estate all over the country now and he is currently living in a lake house in Medina, Washington which worth around $25 Million as of 2019.
Preston Bezos’ House & Cars Collection
Bezos owns a house in Central Park, NYC, whose price is $8 Million and the largest mansion in Washington which covers the area of 23,000 sq feet and cost around $23 Million. It consists of 25 bathrooms, 11 bedrooms, 3 kitchens, 5 living rooms, and a big canteen. Furthermore, he also owns a private plane that costs $65 Million and helicopters worth millions of dollars.
Jeff Bezos biggest house in Washington D.C Town & Country Magazine
Being such a wealthy man, he is a car freak. Not to mention, he owns the world’s most expensive cars. The cars that he owns are as follows:
LYKAN HYPER SPORT- $3,400,000
Lamborghini VENENO- $4.5 Million
1996 Honda Accord- $2,000
1988 Chevrolet Blazer- $12,000
Cadillac Escalade- $96,795
Lincoln Stretch Limousine- $60,000
Mercedes Benz S450- $90,000
Range Rover- $177,000
One of his car, Lykan Hypersport Naijauto
Not only in house and cars but he also spends his billions of dollars in charitable donations. His first donation was $2,000,000,000 to the educational sector and later donated $33,000,000 to the immigrants. Likewise, he also spends around $1,600,000 for his own security.
