AMAZON OWNER , NOW RICHEST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, surpassed Bill Gates on Thursday to become the richest person in the world, with a net worth of roughly $90 billion.

Today, his “Everything Store” sells more than $136 billion worth of goods a year.

Here’s how the former hedge funder got his start and became one of the world’s richest people.

8 thoughts on “AMAZON OWNER , NOW RICHEST PERSON IN THE WORLD

  1. NOT SURPRISED! AFTER ALL, EVERY DAMN THING YOU CAN FIND ON THERE LOL.. THE OTHER DAY I WAS LOOKING ON CENTRAL COOLING SYSTEMS AND THERE IT WAS AMAZON EVEN OFFERED INSTALLMENT WITH IT AS A PACKAGE DEAL. THESE SMALLER COMPANIES ARE NOW WORKING WITH AMAZON BECAUSE TODAY, AMAZON IS WHERE IT’S AT.

  2. Black people already know the struggle.Loans were mostly given to white people for small businesses and now that Amazon is killing them off they will have to do a 9-5 like everyone else.

  3. http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/26/technology/business/amazon-jobs-fair/index.html

    Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) plans to make thousands of job offers next week.
    The company said it would hire for 50,000 open positions, including tens of thousands of full-time posts, at 10 of its fulfillment centers across the U.S. during an August 2 job fair.
    Amazon has dubbed its hiring event “Amazon Jobs Day” and said it will make thousands of “on-the-spot” offers to candidates who apply during the fair.
    Many of the positions, which were first announced earlier this year, will work in packing, sorting and customer service at the company’s fulfillment centers. Some managerial positions are available as well, according to a release.
    Full-time jobs at Amazon offer health insurance, disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company stock. Part-time employees who work more than 20 hours per week, meanwhile, can get life and disability insurance, dental and vision insurance and funding toward medical insurance, according to the company.
    Related: Amazon is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion
    The job fairs will run from 8 a.m. to noon local time at Amazon centers in Baltimore, Maryland; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Etna, Ohio; Fall River, Massachusetts; Hebron, Kentucky; Kenosha, Wisconsin; Kent, Washington; Robbinsville, New Jersey; Romeoville, Illinois; and Whitestown, Indiana.
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  4. All di clothing retailers that are going out of business blaming Amazon and Ali Express, but most ppl just clue een and nuh see the reason fi a buy a pair of jeans fi $300. Amazon all a deliver pon Sunday, mi notice more and more dem trying to deliver sooner than the delivery date on the order.

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