Jeffrey Preston "
Jeff"
Bezos (; born January 12, 1964) is an American technology entrepreneur and investor. He has played a role in the growth of
e-commerce as the founder and CEO of
Amazon.com, an online merchant of books and later of a wide variety of products and services, most recently
video streaming. Amazon.com became the largest retailer on the
World Wide Web and a model for
Internet sales. In 2013, Bezos purchased
The Washington Post newspaper. As of January 2016, Bezos' personal wealth is estimated to be US$53.2 billion, due in part to a recent spike in Amazon's stock price, ranking him 4th on the
Forbes list of billionaires.