Each headline was published on August 5, 2013; June 9, 2021; July 21, 2021; and July 13, 2021 respectively. Bezos stepped down as Amazon’s CEO to become its executive chairman in July 2021. Bezos launched into space yesterday morning aboard a rocket built by a company he launched. With a monetary worth of $200 billion, he is generally considered the wealthiest person in the world.