#Jeff Bezos

Amazon’s executive chairman Jeff Bezos also has his own aerospace company—Blue Origin—with rockets in development, but Amazon opted for SpaceX due to the company's unparalleled reliability. Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and the richest man in the world, has completed the first human flight along with three other private citizens onboard. The crew, including Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk, and Oliver Daemen, are now officially astronauts after passing the Karman Line, the internationally-recognized boundary of space. While Jeff and Mark Bezos became the first siblings to fly in space together. Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos, who started the company in 1994, is stepping down as the CEO. Jeff Bezos will transition to the executive chair role in the third quarter of this year. [caption id="attachment_263800" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Photo credits: GeekWire[/caption] Bezos has shared his open letter to Amazon employees about the upcoming transition. According to Bezos, Jassy is well-known inside Amazon and has been in the company for almost as long as he has. Read more in our articles including "Amazon taps SpaceX to help launch its Project Kuiper internet satellites" and "Blue Origin successfully completed its first human launch to space".