1. Jeff Bezos
Company – Amazon.com & Blue Origin
2016 earnings – $29.5 billion
Wealth increase – 85%
If you are a shopaholic then you have definitely heard of the founder and chairman of Amazon.com., the largest online, we might say – store, where you can shop till drop, with just a few clicks. Jeff’s career has been a roller-coaster ride – his start from the scratch and a few failed startups haven’t promised much. However, constant brainstorming and courage to take risks brought him great wealth since he managed to build the merchant empire by selling books online, at least at the beginning. Up to this day, Amazon’s offer covers pretty much everything that comes to your mind. As a fan of Star Trek, he was particularly interested in the space travel which resulted in another founded company called Blue Origin, which main cause is space-exploration. And that’s not all folks, he is the owner of the Washington Post since 2013, as well. All of the above and his $64.3 billion puts Jeff at the top of the list of 10 most successful entrepreneurs of 2016.
