David Shaw founded D.E. Shaw & Co. in 1988 with ... The Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimates his net worth at $10.7 billion. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and one of the ...

If there's one thing everybody knows about Jeff Bezos, it's that he's ... Back in 1990, Bezos joined investment firm D.E. Shaw & Company and was a senior vice president within two years.

“Jeff Bezos doesn’t get enough credit for the risks he took. He decided to quit one of the highest-paying jobs in the world, senior V.P. at D.E. Shaw, to launch an online bookstore.