He holds a degree in electrical engineering and computer science. īorn in Albuquerque and raised in Houston and Miami, Bezos graduated from Princeton University in 1986. With a net worth of around US$182 billion as of April 2022, Bezos is the second-wealthiest person in the world and was the wealthiest from 2017 to 2021 according to both Bloomberg's Billionaires Index and Forbes. He is the founder, executive chairman and former president and CEO of Amazon. Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( / ˈ b eɪ z oʊ s/ BAY-zohss né Jorgensen born January 12, 1964) is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor, investor, computer engineer, and commercial astronaut.