Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur who founded Amazon.com and became one of the richest people in the world. He started Amazon as an online bookstore in 1994 and grew it into a multibillion dollar company selling almost every product imaginable. Bezos also purchased The Washington Post newspaper in 2013. Through his leadership of Amazon, focus on innovation, and willingness to reinvest profits back into the business, Bezos transformed online retail and set an example for technology startups.