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Jeff Bezos

ACTOR · BORN 1964

Jeff Bezos

Born
12 January 1964

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Jeff Bezos (born 12 January 1964) is an actor.

11 Interesting Facts About Jeff Bezos

Interesting Facts (6)

  1. #001

    When the 2001 Seattle earthquake struck, Bezos took cover beneath a shaking table and narrowly avoided a 20-pound tungsten ball belonging to Stewart Brand, whose 10,000-Year Clock Bezos had funded.

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  2. #002

    A high school term paper of his, "The Effect of Zero Gravity on the Aging Rate of the Common Housefly", earned him a trip to NASA.

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  3. #003

    Some Amazon executives described Bezos as "impetuous and controlling" and were alarmed by his spending sprees and warehouse chaos, which included $39 million in unsold toys and temporary staff, some of them intoxicated on the job.

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  4. #004

    Former Amazon executive Rick Dalzell called Bezos' laugh disarming but punishing, warning people not to mistake it for friendliness.

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  5. #005

    At 3, Bezos took his crib apart with a screwdriver.

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  6. #006

    Bezos had little interest in music; as a teen he memorized local radio station call letters to seem hip, and he let Steve Jobs hire away his music editor, Keith Moerer.

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Characters & Cast (2)

  1. #007

    Has described himself as a major Star Trek fan. He cameoed as an alien Starfleet official in Star Trek Beyond (2016) and appeared with the cast and crew at a San Diego Comic-Con screening. His single line, addressed to an alien in distress, was: "speak normally".

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  2. #008

    Brad Stone located Bezos' biological father, John Jorgensen, a tightrope and unicycle performer who had traveled to Hollywood to audition for The Ed Sullivan Show.

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Easter Eggs & References (1)

  1. #009

    Amazon's hardline approach to publishers was nicknamed "the Gazelle Project," a nod to how Bezos treated weak rivals like a cheetah chasing a sickly giraffe.

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Life & Family (2)

  1. #010

    Flew to the edge of space with his half-brother Mark Bezos aboard Blue Origin's NS-16. The sub-orbital flight lasted more than 10 minutes and peaked at an altitude of 6.65 miles (107.0 km).

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  2. #011

    Jorgensen had never heard of Jeff Bezos and was stunned to learn that his son was worth $25 billion and ranked as the 12th-richest American.

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Sources & editorial notes

Reference databases

  • IMDb IMDb name page (biography and trivia)

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