


Just four years after Bezos created, the virtual bookstore became the template for how e-commerce businesses should be run, with sales of more than $610 million and more than 13 million customers worldwide.īezos first got the idea to start an Internet enterprise in 1994. It was a risky move, but it quickly paid off. But Bezos had other plans.įueled by a secret passion for the infant business of electronic retailing, Bezos dreamed of creating his own company in the vast, then virtually uncharted wilds of the World Wide Web. , the then 30-year-old Princeton University graduate was already making an estimated six-figure salary and was destined to rise even further in the company ranks. The youngest-ever senior vice president at Wall Street investment bank DE Shaw & Co. In 1994, former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was already extremely successful by most peoples standards.

Keep scrolling for more details on how Bezos made Amazon what it is today. As the child of an immigrant, Bezos' rise to success is a true American dream.
