Jeff Bezos

Jeffrey Preston "Jeff" Bezos (/ˈbeɪzoʊs/; born January 12, 1964) is an American technology entrepreneur and investor. He has played a role in the growth of e-commerce as the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, an online merchant of books and later of a wide variety of products and services, most recently video streaming. Amazon.com became the largest retailer on the World Wide Web and a model for Internet sales. In 2013, Bezos purchased The Washington Post newspaper. As of 1 January 2016, Bezos' personal wealth is estimated to be US$59.2 billion, due in part to a recent spike in Amazon's stock price, ranking him 4th on the Forbes list of billionaires.

Early life and education

Bezos was born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Jacklyn (née Gise) and Ted Jorgensen. His maternal ancestors were settlers who lived in Texas, and over the generations acquired a 25,000-acre (101 km² or 39 miles²) ranch near Cotulla. As of March 2015, Bezos was among the largest land holders in Texas. Bezos' maternal grandfather was a regional director of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in Albuquerque. He retired early to the ranch, where Bezos spent many summers as a youth, working with him. At an early age, he displayed mechanical aptitude – as a toddler, he tried dismantling his crib.

Bezos, Jeff Filmography

Play in Full Screen TED: The Future We Will Create

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2004, role: actor , character name: Security Guard
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1999, role: actor , character name: Himself

Famous quotes by Jeff Bezos:

"We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better."

"We're standing behind the transaction with our own pocketbook,"

"We did a lot this quarter. For the rest of 1999 we expect to invest more heavily than we have in the past."

"We believe there's a tremendous opportunity ahead across the $5 trillion retail market globally."

"We are thrilled to have Joe at Amazon."

"We will continue to invest in systems, people and product expansion, each of which helps us better serve customers, ... For the rest of 1999, we expect to invest more heavily than we have in the past."

"If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful."

"We were hoping to build a small, profitable company. And of course, what we've done is build a large, unprofitable company."

"There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second."

"A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well."

"You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world."

"Part of company culture is path-dependent - it's the lessons you learn along the way."

"The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It's the thing that people create."

"What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives."

"I don't know about you, but most of my exchanges with cashiers are not that meaningful."

"If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail."

"Strip malls are history."

"There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery."

"The best customer service is if the customer doesn't need to call you, doesn't need to talk to you. It just works."

"I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out."

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Famous quotes by Jeff Bezos:

"We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better."

"We're standing behind the transaction with our own pocketbook,"

"We did a lot this quarter. For the rest of 1999 we expect to invest more heavily than we have in the past."

"We believe there's a tremendous opportunity ahead across the $5 trillion retail market globally."

"We are thrilled to have Joe at Amazon."

"We will continue to invest in systems, people and product expansion, each of which helps us better serve customers, ... For the rest of 1999, we expect to invest more heavily than we have in the past."

"If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful."

"We were hoping to build a small, profitable company. And of course, what we've done is build a large, unprofitable company."

"There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second."

"A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well."

"You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world."

"Part of company culture is path-dependent - it's the lessons you learn along the way."

"The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It's the thing that people create."

"What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives."

"I don't know about you, but most of my exchanges with cashiers are not that meaningful."

"If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail."

"Strip malls are history."

"There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery."

"The best customer service is if the customer doesn't need to call you, doesn't need to talk to you. It just works."

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