Businesses That Started In A Garage

2. Jeff Bezos Started Amazon In His Garage

Not many people know that Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, gave up a very promising career in a Wall Street hedge fund to start an online bookstore.

The move was even questioned by his family, but the young entrepreneur and financial whizz kid had seen something that others had not – the potential of the internet.

He founded Amazon in 1994, and to keep his costs low, the whole company was operating out of his garage in Bellevue, Washington.

Not much is left of Bezos’ time in the suburban dwelling apart from the oversized mailboxes where the entrepreneur used to receive extensive marketing catalogs, which would give him insight into his competitors’ marketing.

Since then, the 3-bedroom house and garage have been renovated and have been on the market for $1.5million, given its historical significance as the birthplace of Amazon.com.