JefF Bezos is the inventor of Amazon. Bezos renamed the company to Amazon and began working out of the garage of his home in Washington state. In 1995, he launched a beta version of Amazon.com and invited friends to check out his new online marketplace. The site opened to the general public in July 1995. Bezos’ parents invested almost $250,000 in the start-up. Now the company is worth 182.2 billion. Breaking the amount down more, Bezos is making about $321 million a day, $13.4 million an hour, $222,884 a minute, and $3,715 a second this year.