Editing Jeff Bezos (section)

== Recognition ==
* In 1999, Bezos received his first major award when ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named him [[Time Person of the Year|Person of the Year]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,992927,00.html|title=Jeffrey Preston Bezos: 1999 Person of the year|magazine=Time|first=Joshua|last=Cooper Ramo|date=December 27, 1999|access-date=April 22, 2006|archive-date=August 18, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060818122654/http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,992927,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 2008, he was selected by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' as one of America's best leaders.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/articles/news/best-leaders/2008/11/19/americas-best-leaders-jeff-bezos-amazoncom-ceo.html|title=America's Best Leaders: Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com.com CEO|website=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|first=David|last=LaGesse|date=November 19, 2008|access-date=November 25, 2008|archive-date=December 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230043922/http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/best-leaders/2008/11/19/americas-best-leaders-jeff-bezos-amazoncom-ceo.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Bezos was awarded an honorary doctorate in science and technology from [[Carnegie Mellon University]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2008/April/april22_jeffbezos.shtml|title=April 22: Amazon.com Founder Jeff Bezos to Speak at Carnegie Mellon Business School and Computer Science Diploma Ceremonies|website=Carnegie Mellon University|access-date=March 6, 2018|archive-date=April 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420124641/https://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2008/April/april22_jeffbezos.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2011, ''[[The Economist]]'' gave Bezos and Gregg Zehr an Innovation Award for the [[Amazon Kindle]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economistconferences.co.uk/press-release/charging-ahead-e-book-design-and-popularity-win-kindle-creators-innovation-award/5908|title=Charging ahead: e-book design and popularity win Kindle creators Innovation Award|newspaper=The Economist|date=September 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414143656/http://www.economistconferences.co.uk/press-release/charging-ahead-e-book-design-and-popularity-win-kindle-creators-innovation-award/5908|archive-date=April 14, 2012}}</ref>
* In 2012, Bezos was named Businessperson of the Year by ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/11/16/jeff-bezos-amazon|title=Amazon's Jeff Bezos: The ultimate disrupter|last=Lashinsky|first=Adam|website=Fortune|access-date=August 10, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809040922/http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/11/16/jeff-bezos-amazon|archive-date=August 9, 2013}}</ref>
* He is also a member of the [[Bilderberg Group]] and attended the 2011 Bilderberg conference in [[St. Moritz]], Switzerland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/participants_2011.html|title=Bilderberg 2011 list of participants|publisher=BilderbergMeetings.org|access-date=August 24, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828210925/http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/participants_2011.html|archive-date=August 28, 2011}}</ref> and the [[2013 Bilderberg Conference|2013 conference]] in [[Watford]], Hertfordshire, England. He was a member of the executive committee of [[The Business Council]] for 2011 and 2012, and appointed as chairman of the organization in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harrison |first=J. D. |date=2023-04-16 |title=Amazon's Jeff Bezos appointed chairman of Washington-based Business Council |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/amazons-jeff-bezos-appointed-chairman-of-washington-based-business-council/2014/10/20/14a59828-5635-11e4-809b-8cc0a295c773_story.html |access-date=2024-06-24 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
* Between 2014 and 2018, he was ranked the best-performing CEO in the world by ''[[Harvard Business Review]]''.<ref name=hbrbest>{{cite magazine |url=https://hbr.org/2019/11/the-best-performing-ceos-in-the-world-2019 |title=The Best-Performing CEOs in the World, 2019 |newspaper=Harvard Business Review |date=November 2019 |access-date=February 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210210142359/https://hbr.org/2019/11/the-best-performing-ceos-in-the-world-2019 |archive-date=February 10, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* He has also figured in ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]''{{'}}s list of 50 great leaders of the world for three straight years, topping the list in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2014/03/20/worlds-50-greatest-leaders|title=The World's 50 Greatest Leaders (2014)|work=Fortune|access-date=March 20, 2014|archive-date=February 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223233458/http://fortune.com/2014/03/20/worlds-50-greatest-leaders/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In September 2016, Bezos received a $250,000 prize for winning the [[Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 21, 2016 |title=Bezos wins Heinlein Prize commercial space award |url=https://spacenews.com/bezos-wins-heinlein-prize-commercial-space-award/ |access-date=April 17, 2023 |website=SpaceNews |archive-date=November 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104133736/https://spacenews.com/bezos-wins-heinlein-prize-commercial-space-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which he donated to the [[Students for the Exploration and Development of Space]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/09/15/jeff-bezos-on-nuclear-reactors-in-space-the-lack-of-bacon-on-mars-and-humanitys-destiny-in-the-solar-system |title=Jeff Bezos on nuclear reactors in space, the lack of bacon on Mars and humanity's destiny in the solar system |last=Davenport |first=Christian |date=September 15, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=September 16, 2016 |archive-date=September 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915230611/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/09/15/jeff-bezos-on-nuclear-reactors-in-space-the-lack-of-bacon-on-mars-and-humanitys-destiny-in-the-solar-system/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Heinlein Prize 2016 SEDS">{{cite web | last=Today | first=James Dean - Florida | title=Bezos receives Heinlein Prize for Blue Origin progress | website=heinleinprizetrust | date=2016-09-28 | url=https://www.heinleinprize.com/single-post/2016/09/28/bezos-receives-heinlein-prize-for-blue-origin-progress | access-date=2024-02-19 | archive-date=February 19, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219021213/https://www.heinleinprize.com/single-post/2016/09/28/bezos-receives-heinlein-prize-for-blue-origin-progress | url-status=live }}</ref>
* In February 2018, Bezos was elected to the [[National Academy of Engineering]] for "leadership and innovation in space exploration, autonomous systems, and building a commercial pathway for human space flight".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nae.edu/MediaRoom/20095/177353/178117.aspx|title=National Academy of Engineering Elects 83 Members and 16 Foreign Members|website=[[National Academy of Engineering]]|access-date=February 9, 2018|archive-date=February 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208123526/https://www.nae.edu/MediaRoom/20095/177353/178117.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In March 2018, at the [[Explorers Club]] annual dinner, he was awarded the [[Buzz Aldrin]] Space Exploration Award in recognition of his work with Blue Origin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyle |first=Alan |date=July 17, 2017 |title=Jeff Bezos gets a kick out of winning the first Buzz Aldrin Space Innovation Award |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2017/jeff-bezos-buzz-aldrin-space-innovation-award/ |access-date=August 4, 2022 |website=GeekWire |language=en-US |archive-date=September 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924134925/https://www.geekwire.com/2017/jeff-bezos-buzz-aldrin-space-innovation-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* He received Germany's 2018 [[Axel Springer Award]] for Business Innovation and Social Responsibility.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-responded-to-reports-on-amazon-warehouse-working-conditions-2018-4|title=Jeff Bezos responded to reports of poor working conditions at Amazon – here's what he said|last=Schwär|first=Hannah|date=April 26, 2018|work=Business Insider|access-date=April 26, 2018|archive-date=April 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427044518/http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-responded-to-reports-on-amazon-warehouse-working-conditions-2018-4|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named him one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] on five separate occasions between 2008 and 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217562/jeff-bezos-3/|title=Jeff Bezos: The World's 100 Most Influential People|last=Dimon|first=Jamie|date=April 26, 2018|magazine=Time|access-date=April 26, 2018|archive-date=April 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426013225/http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217562/jeff-bezos-3/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2019, Bezos was inducted into the [[Living Legends of Aviation]], being awarded with the Jeff Bezos Freedom's Wings Award and the Kenn Ricci Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Award.<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Academy |first=Kiddie Hawk Air |title=Jeff Bezos headlines newest class of inductees into Living Legends of Aviation |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jeff-bezos-headlines-newest-class-of-inductees-into-living-legends-of-aviation-300774500.html |access-date=April 16, 2023 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en |archive-date=April 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416232521/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jeff-bezos-headlines-newest-class-of-inductees-into-living-legends-of-aviation-300774500.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*In February 2023, Bezos was presented with the [[Légion d'honneur]], the highest French [[order of merit]]. Bezos had been designated a member of the Légion d'Honneur about 10 years earlier but was not available to collect it.<ref>{{cite news |title=Emmanuel Macron criticised for giving Légion d'honneur to Jeff Bezos |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/23/emmanuel-macron-criticised-for-ceremony-giving-jeff-bezos-legion-dhonneur |date=February 23, 2023 |last1=Willsher |first1=Kim |access-date=February 24, 2023 |archive-date=February 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224160800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/23/emmanuel-macron-criticised-for-ceremony-giving-jeff-bezos-legion-dhonneur |url-status=live }}</ref>