The Richest People In America: Jeffrey Bezos

#33 Jeffrey Bezos

$8.7 billion
Source: Amazon

Quit Wall Street and hedge funds before 30th birthday to sell books online from Seattle garage with wife. Amazon.com (nasdaq: AMZN - news - people ) public 1997; survived tech bust with discount prices, free shipping. World's biggest virtual mall revolutionized shopping; today sells everything from books and toys to computers and apparel. Sales close to $15 billion this year. Stock down 18% since January. Recently acquired Fabric.com and AbeBooks. Introduced electronic book reader Kindle last November; forced to revamp manufacturing capacity, supply chain to get it to the masses after demand soared. Developing rockets on 300,000 acres of West Texas land. Currently building a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing spacecraft.

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