Cliff Owen SALT LAKE CITY Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world, even though he makes $81,840 a year, CNN reports. Jeff Bezos wanted to call Amazon's Alexa assistant Finch, Samantha or Bezos deploys some of his wealth to philanthropic efforts and environmental protection initiatives. Copyright 2012-2019 Your Coffee Break Ltd. Made with love in London. But then, Furlano says, I told him that it put me in the midrange for our industry. From 1998 until 2021, Bezos' base salary of $81,840 has remained the same. var sharebutton_is_horizontal = false; document.write('