Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur and investor. He founded Amazon in 1994, growing it into the worlds largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. He also owns Blue Origin and The Washington Post.

• •Before founding Amazon, Bezos worked on Wall Street for D.E. Shaw & Co., becoming the youngest senior vice president.
• •He requires Amazon senior executives to write narrative memos up to six pages long instead of using PowerPoint presentations during meetings.
• •His original concept for Amazon was a service he called 'Relentless.com' (which still redirects to Amazon today).