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Jeff Bezos capped his Amazon salary at $80,000: ‘How could I possibly need more incentive?’

January 29, 2026 Robert Harrington

Jeff Bezos is the world’s third-richest man with a current net worth of $266 billion. But the Amazon founder said his actual salary was much lower than that. 

During the early years of the now $2.61 trillion online retailer, Bezos said he asked the board “not to give me any comp,” beyond a modest base salary of just $80,000. READ MORE

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