Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket prepares for its maiden orbital voyage, marking a significant step for the company and intensifying competition with SpaceX in the space launch market.

Jeff Bezos, the second-richest man alive, turned 61 years old on Sunday. Since his youth in New Mexico, Bezos has gone through college, founded several companies — you may have heard of a few of them — and knocked milestone after milestone in the dust. Here’s a (brief) account of some major events in the life of the 236-billion-dollar man.