Jeff Bezos does not own Amazon, nor is he the majority stakeholder, although he founded the company in 1994 and served as its Chief Executive Officer for many years before transitioning to the role of Executive Chairman. Over decades of public stock offerings, secondary market sales, and philanthropic contributions, his equity stake has decreased significantly. Today, Amazon is a publicly traded corporation owned by millions of individual retail investors, institutional funds, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds worldwide. While Jeff Bezos remains one of the largest individual shareholders and retains substantial voting influence, ownership is widely distributed across public financial markets rather than concentrated under a single individual.