Founder Profile
Jeff Bezos
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Jeff Bezos?
Jeff Bezos is a founder of Blue Origin, LLC, which was founded in 2000.
- Company founded
- Blue Origin, LLC
- Founded
- 2000
Background
Jeff Bezos graduated from Princeton University in 1986 with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science, worked at the investment firm D. E. Shaw in New York, and founded Amazon in 1994.
Founding Story
Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin in 2000 and has funded it ever since, about $30 billion by the Wall Street Journal's September 2026 count, including $2 billion in the company's first outside round. He gave it the motto 'Gradatim Ferociter' and the long-range goal of moving heavy industry off Earth. He flew on New Shepard's first crewed flight on July 20, 2021, the month he stepped down as Amazon's chief executive, and in 2023 hired Amazon devices chief Dave Limp to run Blue Origin.
Jeff Bezos was born in 1964 in Albuquerque. Education: Miami Palmetto High School; River Oaks Elementary School.