A day in the life of Jeff Bezos, the second richest person in the world

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Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO Amazon.com — Jeff Bezos' daily schedule looks different now that he's not running Amazon.
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the second richest man in the world.
He's no longer CEO of Amazon, but he now spends extra time with his space company.
Business Insider rounded up what Bezos and his fiancee have said over the years about his daily routine.

Jeff Bezos may no longer be running Amazon, but he's kept busy.

The Amazon cofounder has a net worth of $203 billion, according to Forbes. In addition to founding the online retail behemoth Amazon, Bezos also owns The Washington Post and an aerospace company, Blue Origin.

Bezos stepped down as CEO of Amazon in 2021 to focus on his rocket company Blue Origin.

Bezos has been dating his fiancée Lauren Sánchez since 2019.

So what does daily life look like for the tech mogul? Sánchez described their morning routine in an interview with Vogue.

Here's a look inside his daily routine:

He wakes up every morning naturally, without the aid of an alarm clock.

Jeff Bezos prioritizes eight hours of sleep every night.
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Bezos makes sure to get enough rest — he sleeps for eight hours every night. The former CEO told CNBC in 2021 that while he could sleep less and be more productive, the quality of his decisions would be lower, which isn't worth it to him.

"I like to putter in the morning," Bezos told a gathering of Economic Club of Washington, DC. "So I like to read the newspaper. I like to have coffee."

Source: Axios

Bezos and his fiancee like to start off their morning with journaling instead of going straight to looking at their phones.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in Aspen, Colorado, last holiday season.
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"We're not quite there," Sánchez said in the interview. "We'll do it, like, three days a week."

Whoever wakes up first makes the coffee, Sánchez said.

While the billionaire Amazon founder drinks his morning coffee in a self-heating Ember mug, Sánchez says she uses a mug Bezos got her from Amazon that says, "woke up sexy as hell again."

Bezos reportedly never schedules early-morning meetings, in order to spend quality time with his family.

Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez.
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Bezos has said he likes a slow morning to spend time with his family.

Sánchez told Vogue Bezos calls out, "don't learn anything I wouldn't learn," every morning before she drops her daughter Ella off at school. The line has become a staple in their everyday routine and her daughter now finishes it for him.

Bezos also reads the newspaper and chats with his fiancé before heading to the gym for cardio and weightlifting, he said.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon — The Amazon founder goes to the gym even when he doesn't feel like it.
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"Most days, [going to the gym is] not that hard for me, but some days it's really hard and I do it anyway," he said.

The billionaire said he goes to the gym almost every day.

But Sánchez said they don't do the same exercises.

Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos attend the Staud fashion show in September 2023.
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"He's on a whole different level than I am," Sánchez said in the Vogue interview. "He is a monster in the gym."

Bezos said in a Lex Fridman podcast on a good day he does 30 minutes of cardio and 45 minutes of weightlifting or resistance training of some kind.

"I have a trainer who you know I love who pushes me," Bezos said in the podcast. "Which is really helpful."

But he does like to get his more intensive meetings rolling before noon. "I do my high-IQ meetings before lunch," he told the Economic Club of Washington, DC.

"Like anything that's going to be really mentally challenging, that's a 10 o'clock meeting," Bezos said back in 2018, according to Axios.

Bezos usually keeps his afternoons clear of high-intensity meetings.

amazon hq2 jeff bezos — If high-IQ meetings come up at the end of the day, Jeff Bezos holds them off.
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If something that necessitates a "high-IQ meeting" pops up later in the day, Bezos typically puts it off until the next day.

"By 5 p.m., I'm like, 'I can't think about that today. Let's try this again tomorrow at 10 a.m,'" he told the Economic Club of Washington, DC in 2018.

When it comes to meals, Bezos has a taste for unusual dishes.

He was photographed eating an iguana once.

And, during a meeting with Woot founder Matt Rutledge, he ordered octopus with potatoes, bacon, green garlic yogurt, and eggs for breakfast.

"When I look at the menu, you're the thing I don't understand, the thing I've never had," Bezos said. "I must have the breakfast octopus."

Bezos and Sánchez like to cook. Sanchez said Bezos makes churros in his deep fryer, a recipe passed down from his Cuban grandfather.

"Abuelo made churros whenever we were with him," Bezos said.

Bezos also has a fondness for food trucks.

In 2014, he told Henry Blodget, who was then Business Insider's editor-in-chief, about a phenomenally popular truck outside of Amazon's headquarters. "It's out of control, actually," he said.

Bezos said he's never worked harder than he has since he left Amazon.

photo of Jeff Bezos wearing Blue Origin jumpsuit and cowboy hat — Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin has a multi-million dollar contract with NASA to build a space station.
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His day revolves around reading documents and having meetings in person or over Zoom, he told Lex Fridman in a podcast.

Architecture and technology meetings almost every day about different subsystems inside the vehicle and engines.

"My favorite part of it is the technology," Bezos said.

His least favorite part is building the organization, he said.

Bezos does "little thinking retreats."

Jeff Bezos Charlie Rose — The billionaire said he's very good at focusing.
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The billionaire said he's very good at focusing but he doesn't keep to a strict schedule.

He told Lex Fridman he believes in wandering and his "messy" meetings often go overtime.

Family movie nights are a Saturday night tradition in the Bezos household, according to his fiancee.

"Of course, Jeff's favorite movie was Oppenheimer, and I love Barbie. And there you have us summed up in two movies."

Amazon now runs several popular original series, like "The Man in the High Castle" and "Transparent," but the former Amazon CEO is a Trekkie.

Jeff Bezos Star Trek alien — Bezos on the set of "Star Trek Beyond."
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Bezos even made a surprise cameo in the 2016 film "Star Trek Beyond."

Other than watching "Star Trek," Bezos has another space-related hobby: gliding about in a submarine looking for old NASA rockets.

Jeff Bezos rocket model — Bezos with a model rocket.
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He's brought his kids along for the adventure.

Bezos is a big believer in getting enough shut-eye. The billionaire strives for eight hours.

"I prioritize it," he said at a dinner hosted by the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. "I think better. I have more energy. My mood is better."

Bedtime is 9:30 p.m., according to his fiancee.

"As a senior executive, you get paid to make a small number of high-quality decisions. Your job is not to make thousands of decisions every day," he said, according to Axios.

"Is that really worth it if the quality of those decisions might be lower because you're tired or grouchy?" Bezos asked the Economic Club of Washington, D.C.

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