Jeff Bezos is an American businessman, philanthropist, and space explorer probably best-known for creating Amazon.com. Jeff Bezos, the founder of the company, chief executive officer and president of Amazon.com is also the chairman of its board. The company's founder first broke the record of Bill Gates in terms of wealth in July of 2017. He was the richest person on earth for a period of time, uninterrupted from October 2017 to January 2021.According to the company's most recent SEC filing, Jeff owns 55 million shares of Amazon approximately 12 percent of all shares outstanding. Jeff owned more than 80 million Amazon shares at his peak. In April 2019 divorce settlement with MacKenzie Bezos, Jeff transferred 19.7 million shares to his ex-wife. At the time of the transfer the shares were valued at $36 billion. Jeff's net worth fluctuated from $150 billion down to $114 billion following the settlement. Jeff was also an early investor prior to the IPO of Google.com and has around $1 billion of shares in the company now known as Alphabet Inc.This was prior to his divorce so he still held the equivalent of 80 million shares. Jeff's net worth reached an all-time high of $170 billion in that time.
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