Jeff Bezos is widely credited for pioneering the e-commerce landscape. According to Forbes, Jeffs' real-time net worth is valued at US$157 billion.

The centibillionaire shares three boys and one adopted daughter from China, with ex-wife and novelist MacKenzie Scott.

As the firstborn, Preston may inherit Amazon and his parents’ billions someday. So what do we know about him?

He was born in 2000  and was named after his father’s middle name - Jeffrey Preston Bezos. He attends Princeton University – the same university that his father graduated from in 1986.

The first born of Jeff Bezos, learned ‘resourcefulness’ from a young age. He let his kids play with sharp knives and power tools when they were young. 

He added that, by letting kids take risks and be self-reliant, it teaches them resourcefulness – an important trait in business and daily life.

Preston bonds with dad Jeff every morning. “I like to read the newspaper, I like to have coffee, I like to have breakfast with my kids before they go to school,” Bezos explained at the Economic Club.

Preston and Jeff attended the Oscars in 2020 as Amazon’s French film, Les Misérables, scored a nomination under the best international feature category.

Preston’s inheritance would be at an estimate of US$49 billion. If his parents consolidated their current net worth of US$157 billion and US$39 billion respectively