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Jeff Bezos
Amazon / Blue Origin · Seattle, USA
Quit a top Wall Street job to drive to Seattle and sell books. Built the most consequential operations company of the modern era.
Day-1 mindsetLong-termOperational obsession
Company
Amazon / Blue Origin
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 1994Quit DE Shaw to sell books online from a garage.
- 2000Dotcom crash — Amazon stock fell 90%. Kept building.
- 2006Launched AWS — became the company's profit engine.
- 2021Stepped down as Amazon CEO. Focused on Blue Origin.
Struggles
Dotcom crash. National Enquirer affair-exposure. Public divorce from MacKenzie.
Family
Married MacKenzie Scott (now philanthropist) — split 2019. Engaged to Lauren Sanchez. Four children.
Related on Empire
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Around the web
External references & backlinks.
- ↗wikipedia.orgJeff Bezos on Wikipedia
- ↗google.comAmazon / Blue Origin — official site
- ↗news.google.comJeff Bezos in the news
- ↗crunchbase.comAmazon / Blue Origin on Crunchbase
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The full story
Jeff Bezos, in 1 chapters.
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The story
Quit a top Wall Street job to drive to Seattle and sell books. Built the most consequential operations company of the modern era.
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