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

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. 

Source: Axios

"We're not quite there," Sánchez said in the interview. "We'll do it, like, three days a week."

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 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.

"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.

"He's on a whole different level than I am," Sánchez said in the Vogue interview. "He is a monster in the gym."

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

"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.

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.

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."

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

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.

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. 

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.

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

Bezos even made a surprise cameo in the 2016 film "Star Trek Beyond."

He's brought his kids along for the adventure.

"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. 

"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.