July 5, 1994, is a historic day in Amazon\u2019s history and exactly 27 years later Jeff Bezos founder and owner \u2014 the world\u2019s richest and most powerful business leader \u2014 stepped down as the company\u2019s CEO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This transition even pushed Jeff Bezos to beat Bill Gates in becoming the richest person in the world, with a net worth of roughly $90 billion. If this doesn\u2019t make your eyes pop out of their sockets we don\u2019t know what will!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apart from being the world\u2019s richest man, Bezos is also a people person and one of the few CEOs who made a public commitment to fight racial disparities in the workforce. Under his leadership during the Covid-19 outbreak, Amazon\u2019s employment force crossed over 1 million for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of these jobs were primarily in Amazon warehouses and delivery. The company even employed 250,000 people in the first three months after which another 100,000 were added during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And today over 1.13 million people comprise the Amazon family worldwide, as compared to the 750,000 workers just over a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may also like : Zendaya Coleman champions for causes with her net worth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n During the pandemic when nearly 20,000 employees caught the coronavirus, Bezos recommended spending $4 billion on pandemic-related costs. This included testing warehouse workers and providing them with personal protective gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEmployee welfare<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n