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leojg
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For what I know Bezos was a wall street worker, probably wealthy but no near millionaire. He borrowed 30k from his dad to start amazon.
maxxxxx
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He was a VP and from what I recall reading was making in the high six figures.
chrshawkes
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He was most certainly a millionaire and so we're his grandparents who owned a 25,000 acre ranch in Texas. Jeff had a silver spoon in his mouth from birth just like many other successful businessmen.
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