Jeff Bezos

Early Career of Jeff Bezos

After graduating from college in 1986, Jeff Bezos received job offers from companies like Intel, Bell Labs, and Andersen Consulting, among others. He initially worked at Fitel, a fintech telecommunications start-up, where he was responsible for building a network for international trade. Bezos was soon promoted to head of development and director of customer service.

Later Jeff moved into the banking sector, serving as a product manager at Bankers Trust from 1988 to 1990. In 1990, he joined D. E. Shaw & Co., a newly formed hedge fund focused on mathematical modeling, where he worked until 1994. By the age of 30, Bezos had risen to become the fourth senior vice president at D. E. Shaw.

Net Worth, Wife, and Kids of Jeff Bezos

In 1992, Jeff Bezos met novelist MacKenzie Tuttle, who was a research associate at the firm, the couple married a year later. In 1994, they moved across the country to Seattle, Washington, where Bezos founded Amazon. Bezos and his now ex-wife MacKenzie are the parents of four children: three sons, and a daughter adopted from China.

In January 2019, Bezos and his wife Mackenzie released a joint statement that revealed that they would be getting divorced after 25 years together. National Enquirer revealed that Bezos had an affair with media personality Lauren Sánchez; the affair with Sánchez had lasted for months.

On April 4, 2019, the divorce was finalized, with Bezos keeping 75% of the couple's Amazon stock and MacKenzie getting the remaining 25% ($35.6 billion) in Amazon stock. However, Bezos would keep all of the couple's voting rights. On May 22, 2023, Sánchez and Bezos became engaged.