Jeffrey P. Bezos

Biography

Mr. Jeffrey P. Bezos, also known as Jeff, founded Amazon.com, Inc. in 1994 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since May 1996, Chairman since 1994 and President since October 2000. Mr. Bezos is the Founder of Bezos Expeditions, LLC. He is a Principal Advisor at A9.com, Inc. He served as the President at Amazon.com, Inc. from 1994 to June 1999. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer at Padcom, Inc. He worked at the intersection of computer science and finance, helping build one of the most technically sophisticated quantitative hedge funds on Wall Street for D. E. Shaw & Co. He led the development of computer systems that helped manage more than $250 Billion in assets for Bankers Trust Company. He has been a Director of Amazon.com, Inc., since 1994. He served as a Director of Drugstore.com Inc., from August 1998 to June 10, 2004. He has always been interested in anything that can be revolutionized by computers. Intrigued by the amazing growth in use of the Internet, he created a business model that leveraged the Internet’s unique ability to deliver huge amounts of information rapidly and efficiently. Mr. Bezos graduated summa cum laude and B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University in 1986.

Research Interest

 Business and management