| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 31, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| COVER STORY
Jeffrey P. Bezos BORN January 12, 1964, Albuquerque, N.M. FORMATIVE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE Summers on the family's Texas cattle ranch, developing a love of science from his grandfather, a retired manager for the Atomic Energy Commission. EDUCATION B.S., electrical engineering and computer science, Princeton University. Valedictorian and president, Miami's Palmetto High School. FAMILY Married to MacKenzie, a novelist. Brother, Mark, and sister, Christine. Father Miguel left Cuba in the early 1960s. Mother Jacklyn Gise Bezos worked in a bank. FAVORITE BOOKS Business and science fiction. FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOW Seinfeld reruns. WHY HE ALWAYS CARRIES A CAMERA So he can remember what happened years from now. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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 eBay vs. Amazon.com COVER IMAGE: eBay vs. Amazon TABLE: The Tale of the Tape TABLE: Toting up the Titans CHART: Who Has the Best Sales? CHART: Who Has the Best Bottom Line? CHART: Who Has the Best Stock Performance? Q&A with eBay's Meg Whitman RESUME: Margaret C. Whitman PHOTO: Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay Q&A with Amazon's Jeff Bezos RESUME: Jeffrey P. Bezos PHOTO: Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon.com ONLINE ORIGINAL: The Duel Extends to Wall Street INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||
