Year	Milestone
1994	Jeff Bezos quits his job, launches Amazon.  Initial startup capital- his parent’s personal savings
1995	Amazon.com goes online with book sales. Bezos raises an $8 Million round of funding from Kleiner Perkins
1997	Amazon goes public at $18 per share
1999	Bezos named Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for popularising online shopping.
2009	Bezos acquires Zappos through  stock swap
2013	Bezos acquires the Washington Post
2015	Amazon surpasses Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the United States
2016	Becomes the fourth most valuable public company, goes offline with its first bookstore in Seattle
2017	Amazon acquires Dubai-based Souq.com, Bezos becomes the second richest person in the world

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos became the second richest person in the world, moving ahead of when Amazon acquired on 29 March acquired Middle East’s largest online retailer, Souq.com. According to Bloomberg, Bezos added around $1.5 billion to his fortune (now at $75.6 billion) as his company’s share rose to $18.35 billion as of  29 March.