Bezos was born in Albuquerque and raised in Houston and Miami. He graduated from Princeton University in with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. He worked on Wall Street in a variety of related fields from to early The company began as an online bookstore and has since expanded to a variety of other e-commerce products and services, including video and audio streaming, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. It is the world's largest online sales company, the largest Internet company by revenue , and the largest provider of virtual assistants and cloud infrastructure services through its Amazon Web Services branch.
Bezos founded the aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company Blue Origin in Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle reached space in and afterwards successfully landed back on Earth; he flew into space on Blue Origin NS in Ted struggled with alcohol and with his finances. After Mike received his degree from the University of New Mexico , the family moved to Houston, Texas , so that he could begin working as an engineer for Exxon. Lawrence retired early to his family's ranch near Cotulla, Texas , where his grandson would spend many summers in his youth [ 23 ] and which he would later purchase and expand from 25, acres 10, ha to , acres , ha.
A local newspaper quoted his intention "to get all people off the earth and see it turned into a huge national park". After graduating from high school in , Bezos attended Princeton University. He initially majored in physics but later switched to electrical engineering and computer science. Bezos was a member of the Quadrangle Club , one of Princeton's 11 eating clubs. After Bezos graduated from college in , he was offered jobs at Intel , Bell Labs , and Andersen Consulting , among others.
He transitioned into the banking industry when he became a product manager at Bankers Trust from to From to , he worked at D. Bezos became D. Shaw's fourth senior vice-president by age Shaw and founded Amazon in a rented garage in Bellevue , Washington on July 5, , after writing its business plan on a cross-country drive from New York City to Seattle. In , Bezos diversified into the online sale of music and video, and by the end of the year he had expanded the company's products to include a variety of other consumer goods.
In November , Bezos launched the Amazon Kindle. President Donald Trump accused Amazon and Bezos, specifically, of sales tax avoidance, misusing postal routes , and anti-competitive business practices. Congress called on Bezos to detail the applications of Amazon's face recognition software, Rekognition. If he said today, nobody who is employed at Amazon will receive less than a living wage, it would send a message to every corporation in America.
