Jeff Bezos is an American businessman, philanthropist, and space explorer who is probably most well-known for the creation of Amazon.com. Jeff Bezos is the founder of the company, its chief executive officer, chairman and president of the board at Amazon.com. In July 2017, he was the most successful person on earth, surpassing Bill Gates for the first time. Between October 2017 and January 20,21, Jeff was the world's wealthiest person without any interruptions. According to his latest SEC reports, Jeff holds 55 million Amazon shares, which is roughly 12% of all outstanding shares. Jeff owned more than 80 million Amazon shares at the height of his wealth. Jeff gave 19.7 million shares of Amazon to his wife as part April 2019 divorce settlement with MacKenzie Bezos. At the date of the transfer the shares were worth $36 billion. The settlement temporarily reduced Jeff's net worth from $150 billion to $114 billion. Jeff was also an early pre-IPO investor in Google.com and holds around $1 billion shares in what is now known as Alphabet Inc.This was prior to the divorce, so he held the equivalent of 80 million shares. Jeff's net worth reached the record high of $170 billion at the time of that valuation.
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