When is Jeff Bezos's birthday?

Jeff Bezos's birthday is January 12. He was born on January 12, 1964 in Albuquerque, United States.

Who shares a birthday with Jeff Bezos?

Famous people who share Jeff Bezos's January 12 birthday include Jack London, Swami Vivekananda, Haruki Murakami, Edmund Burke and Hermann Göring.

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Jeff Bezos — Age & Birthday

Born: 12 January 1964 · Age: 62

How old is Jeff Bezos?

Jeff Bezos is 62 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 12 January 1964.

American entrepreneur who founded Amazon in his garage in 1994, later founded Blue Origin and bought The Washington Post

Did you know?He originally considered naming his company Cadabra, but changed it after a lawyer mistook the word for "cadaver" on the phone.

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Date of birth12 January 1964
Age62
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceAlbuquerque, United States
Occupationcomputer scientist, entrepreneur, commercial astronaut

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Jeff Bezos turned an online bookshop into one of the world's most powerful companies. He studied computer science at Princeton and worked on Wall Street. In 1994 he quit his job and started Amazon from a garage in Seattle. He focused relentlessly on customers and long-term growth. Amazon expanded into almost everything and created Amazon Web Services, which runs much of the internet. He bought The Washington Post in 2013. His rocket company Blue Origin flew him to the edge of space in 2021.

Key Milestones

1994: Amazon – founded
1997: IPO – Amazon
2000: Blue Origin – founded
2013: Washington Post – bought

Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( BAY-zohss; né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman, and the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company.

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Jeff Bezos: The Founder of Amazon

American businessman, born 1964

Jeff Bezos was born in Albuquerque on 12 January 1964.

He studied at Princeton.

He founded Amazon in 1994.

He flew to space on New Shepard in 2021.

Career highlights

1994Amazon: founded
1997IPO: Amazon
2000Blue Origin: founded
2013Washington Post: bought
2021Space: flight

Did you know?Amazon was nearly called Cadabra.

Age: 62
Status: Living

Family

Father: Ted Jorgensen
Mother: Jackie Bezos
Spouses: Lauren Sánchez, MacKenzie Scott
Children: Preston Bezos, second son of Jeff Bezos, third son of Jeff Bezos

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When is Jeff Bezos's birthday?: Jeff Bezos's birthday is January 12. He was born on January 12, 1964 in Albuquerque, United States.
How old is Jeff Bezos?: Jeff Bezos is 62 years old, and turns 63 on his next birthday, January 12.
Who shares a birthday with Jeff Bezos?: Famous people who share Jeff Bezos's January 12 birthday include Jack London, Swami Vivekananda, Haruki Murakami, Edmund Burke and Hermann Göring.

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