Photos: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos through the years
Here's a look back at Jeff Bezos' career in photos.
Jeff Bezos, chairman and CEO of Amazon.com, unveils the Kindle 2 electronic reader Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Feb. 9, 2009 file photo, Jeff Bezos, chairman and CEO of Amazon.com, unveils the Kindle 2 electronic reader in New York. Amazon.com is widely expected to unveil a new Kindle electronic book device with a larger screen Wednesday, May 6, 2009, which would be geared for textbooks, magazines and newspapers and possibly shake up the economics of multiple industries at once. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
Jeff Bezos, Chairman and CEO of Amazon.com, introduces the Kindle Fire at a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 in New York. The e-reader and tablet has a 7-inch (17.78 cm) multicolor touchscreen. Behind him is a projected display of magazines that will be available on the Fire. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
File- This Sept. 6, 2012, file photo shows Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon, at the introduction of the new Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Paperwhite personal devices, in Santa Monica, Calif. An official in the Galapagos Islands says that Bezos was flown by helicopter from a cruise ship on Jan. 1 for medical attention after suffering intense pain because of a kidney stone. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
FILE - In this May 7, 2012 file photo, Amazone founder, president and CEO Jeff Bezos and wife Mackenzie Bezos arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit, celebrating Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, in New York. Mackenzie Bezos is giving a thumbs-down to a recent book about her husband’s company, Amazon.com Inc. On Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, she posted a one-star review on the Amazon page for Brad Stone’s “The Everything Store,” which came out last month and has been received positively by critics and Amazon readers. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, right, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott watch a video message from Nasa astronauts Scott Kelly, left, and Kjell Lindgren, aboard the International Space Station, during a news conference unveiling the new Blue Origin rocket at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. Bezos announced a $200 million investment to build the rockets and capsules in the state and launch them using the historic Launch Complex 36. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Jeff Bezos attends The American Portrait Gala 2019 at Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Sunday, Nov 17, 2019, in Washington. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Invision for National Portrait Gallery/AP Images)
Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, speaks at The Economic Club of Washington's Milestone Celebration in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Bezos said that he is giving $2 billion to start the Bezos Day One Fund which will open preschools in low-income neighborhoods and give money to nonprofits that helps homeless families. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
FILE - In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie Bezos arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Bezos says he and his wife, MacKenzie, have decided to divorce after 25 years of marriage. Bezos, one of the world’s richest men, made the announcement on Twitter Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, demonstrates a cordless power drill and reciprocating saw as he wears a western-style hard hat at a New York news conference, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Jeff Bezos speaks at an event before unveiling Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander, Thursday, May 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, right, talks with Caroline Kennedy during the JFK Space Summit at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. At rear is Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks during his news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Bezos announced the Climate Pledge, setting a goal to meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos answers questions during his news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Bezos announced the Climate Pledge, setting a goal to meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his partner Lauren Sánchez stands for photographs in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Pawan Sharma)
FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2020, file photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, right and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez poses for photographs during a blue carpet event organized by Amazon Prime Video in Mumbai, India. Michael Sanchez, the brother of Jeff Bezos's girlfriend, is suing the Amazon founder for defamation, alleging that Bezos and his team falsely told reporters that he provided nude photos of Bezos to the The National Enquirer. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 file photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos walks off stage after holding a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington to announce the Climate Pledge, setting a goal to meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early. On Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, Bezos said that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, file photo, Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder of Amazon.com, speaks during the grand opening of the Amazon Spheres in Seattle. Bezos said Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change. Bezos, the world's richest man, said in an Instagram post that he'll start giving grants this summer to scientists, activists and nonprofits working to protect the earth. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2018, file photo, Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder of Amazon.com, takes a walking tour of the Amazon Spheres in Seattle. Bezos said Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change. Bezos, the world's richest man, said in an Instagram post that he'll start giving grants this summer to scientists, activists and nonprofits working to protect the earth. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was already the world's richest man. Now his net worth has soared again, setting another record at an estimated $202 billion.
Bezos will transition to the role of executive chair. He will be replaced by Andy Jassy, who currently heads the company's cloud business, Amazon Web Services.
When Amazon first launched, a bell would ring in the company’s headquarters every time an order was placed. Within weeks, the bell was ringing so frequently employees had to turn it off.
Jeff Bezos announced Monday he will fly to space on the first crewed flight of the New Shepard, the rocket ship made by his space company, Blue Origin.
An auction for a ride into space next month alongside Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his brother ended with a winning $28 million bid Saturday.
The mystery bidder who put up a whopping $28 million for an 11-minute joy ride to the edge of space alongside Jeff Bezos will not make the trip.
Last month, a bipartisan group of U.S. House lawmakers introduced a slate of bills aimed at addressing the power of dominant tech firms — namely, Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google.
A plan to take apart a Dutch bridge so a huge yacht, reportedly being built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, can get to the North Sea is making waves.
Bezos had been criticized for not signing the Giving Pledge, a campaign to encourage billionaires to donate the majority of their wealth through philanthropy.
Bezos, the world's richest person, said in an Instagram post that he'll start giving grants this summer to scientists, activists and nonprofits working to protect Earth.