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Name: Jeff Bezos
Born: 01/12/1964 (56 years old)
Occupation: Businessman, Media proprietor, Investor, Computer engineer
Known for: Founder of Amazon and Blue Origin

Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ˈbeɪzoʊs/; né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American internet entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, and investor. He is best known as the founder, CEO, and president of the multi-national technology company Amazon. The first centi-billionaire on the Forbes wealth index, Bezos has been the world’s richest person since 2017 and was named the “richest man in modern history” after his net worth increased to $150billion in July 2018. In September 2018, Forbes described him as “far richer than anyone else on the planet” as he added $1.8billion to his net worth when Amazon became the second company in history to reach a market cap of $1trillion.

Birth Name: Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen

Alias: Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen

Birth Place: Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.

Source: Wikipedia

Jeff Bezos quotes :

We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.
Jeff Bezos

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.
Jeff Bezos

I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.
Jeff Bezos

The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'
Jeff Bezos

There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward.
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If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.
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I've always been at the intersection of computers and whatever they can revolutionize.
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If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.
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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.
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Strip malls are history.
Jeff Bezos

The killer app that got the world ready for appliances was the light bulb. So the light bulb is what wired the world. And they weren't thinking about appliances when they wired the world. They were really thinking about - they weren't putting electricity into the home. They were putting lighting into the home.
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The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That's approaching evil.
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