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Jeff Bezos
American businessman (born 1964)
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Jeffrey Preston Bezos (BAY-zohss;[2]né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. He is the second wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of US$251 billion as of December 17, 2024, according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.[3] He was the wealthiest person from 2017 to 2021, according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.[4][5]
Bezos was born in Albuquerque and raised in Houston and Miami. He graduated from Princeton University in 1986 with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. He worked on Wall Street in a variety of related fields from 1986 to early 1994. Bezos founded Amazon in mid-1994 on a road trip from New York City to Seattle. The company began as an online bookstore and has
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
**Winner of the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award**
'Brad Stone's definitive book on Amazon and Bezos' The Guardian
'A masterclass in deeply researched investigative financial journalism . . . riveting' The Times
The definitive story of the largest and most influential company in the world and the man whose drive and determination changed business forever.
Though Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail, its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, was never content with being just a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become 'the everything store', offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To achieve that end, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now...
Jeff Bezos stands out for his relentless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way that Henry Ford revolutionised manu
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Jeff Bezos biography portrays the Amazon CEO as a tempestuous genius
Bloomberg Businessweek has published extensive excerpts from writer Brad Stone’s upcoming book The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon. The 10-page article covers a smorgasbord of topics, ranging from the beginnings of Amazon to Bezos’ biological father, who was apparently unaware his son founded the multibillion-dollar company. It also details some of the inner workings of Amazon, including Bezos’ leadership group, which is reportedly known as “the S Team.”
Stone quotes retail head Jeffrey Wilke describing Amazon as a "company built around [Bezos'] brain ... it's scaffolding to magnify the thinking embodied by Jeff." The author doesn't paint the company as a cohesive place, however, noting that "the people who do well at Amazon are often those who thrive in an adversarial atmosphere with almost constant friction." He adds that "Bezos abhors what he calls 'social cohesion,' the natural impulse to seek consensus," pointing to Amazon's published leadership principles as breeding conflict, an
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