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Jeff Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American entrepreneur and e-commerce pioneer who is the chief executive officer and founder of Amazon.com, the owner 'The Washington Post' and the space exploration company Blue Origin. Born in January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Early life
Jeff Bezo's mother, Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen was 17 years old when she had him and his father,Ted Jorgensen, was 19. Bezo's parents were married for less than a year. At the age of four, Bezo's mother Jacklyn remarried to a Cuban immigrant from Santiago de Cuba, Mike Bezos.

Early career
In high school, Bezos create a centre that was used to promote creative thinking specifically in young students, in which he called the Dream Institute. After graduating high school, Bezos attended Princeton University where he completed his electrical engineering and computer science degrees.