Jeff Bezos Research Paper

The Rise of Jeff Bezos
“You have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.” (Stillman) These famous words are from the mouth of the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos. His entire success story can be outlined by that phrase. Many people doubted Jeff Bezos on his way to the top of the Forbes List and he proved all of them wrong. Bezos’ success story can be attributed to his outstanding ambition and intelligence. He caught a trend, took the risk, and made billions.
Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on January 12, 1964. He was born to Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen and Ted Jorgensen. Jacklyn was only seventeen years old when she gave birth to Bezos. Ted and Jacklyn divorced when Bezos was just one year old. Bezos has no memory of his biological father. Now he says the only time he ever thinks about Ted is when a doctor asks him to fill out a form. Three years after the divorce, Jacklyn married Mike Bezos, a Cuban immigrant. Two years later, Bezos had two new siblings, Cristina Bezos

From Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Texas, to a garage in Seattle, he managed to stay on the path of his ambitions. He founded the world’s most known e-commerce site, he founded an aerospace company, he bought one of the most well-known newspaper companies in the nation, and he bought one of the most popular grocery markets. He revolutionized the way e-commerce worked and went as far as revolutionizing the internet itself. Bezos knew the gigantic risk he was taking when he walked away from his steady income at D.E Shaw & Company. However, he also knew that if he didn’t take the risk he would most certainly regret it later. This continued risk taking and unpredictability took him to the top of the Forbes list making him the richest man in the