#1 Jeff Bezos

• Jeff Bezos founded e-commerce colossus Amazon in 1994 out of his garage in Seattle. He runs it as CEO and owns an 11.1% stake.
• Between March and April 2020, amid the pandemic, Amazon said it hired 175,000 additional workers.
• In April 2020, Bezos said he would give $100 million to Feed America, a nonprofit that operates food banks and food pantries across the country.
• Amazon has faced criticism from U.S. senators and the general public for its treatment of warehouse workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
• He divorced his wife MacKenzie in 2019 after 25 years of marriage and transferred a quarter of his Amazon stake to her.
• In 2019, Amazon notched $280.5 billion in revenues and a record $11.5 billion in net profit.
• Bezos owns The Washington Post and Blue Origin, an aerospace company that is developing rockets for commercial use.