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}}</ref> (born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen in [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]], on January 12, 1964) is an [[United States of America|American]] entrepreneur and [[investor]]. He is the founder of the online mail order company [[Amazon Inc.|Amazon]] and is considered the richest living individual in the world with an estimated total assets of over 200 billion [[United States dollar|US dollars]] (as of August 2020).<ref>{{cite web  
}}</ref> (born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen in [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico (U.S. state)|New Mexico]], on January 12, 1964) is an [[United States of America|American]] entrepreneur and [[investor]]. He is the founder of the online mail order company [[Amazon.com|Amazon]], and owner of the [[Washington Post]], and is considered the richest living individual in the world with an estimated total assets of over 200 billion [[United States dollar|US dollars]] (as of August 2020).<ref>{{cite web  
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|title=Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth 200 Billion  
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}}</ref> In 2007 he supported 'The Clock of the Long Now' project with $ 42 million and in 2012 a [[campaign]] to open [[marriage]] to same-sex couples in [[Washington (U.S. state)]] with $ 2.5 million. <ref>{{cite web
 
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|title=Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pledges $2.5m to same-sex marriage in Washington
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Jeffrey ‘Jeff’ Preston Bezos [ˈbeɪzoʊs][1] (born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on January 12, 1964) is an American entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder of the online mail order company Amazon, and owner of the Washington Post, and is considered the richest living individual in the world with an estimated total assets of over 200 billion US dollars (as of August 2020).[2] In 2007 he supported 'The Clock of the Long Now' project with $ 42 million and in 2012 a campaign to open marriage to same-sex couples in Washington (U.S. state) with $ 2.5 million. [3]

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