Jeff Bezos: In His Own Words

Summary: A collection of more than 400 quotes from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on business, e-commerce, technology, innovation, and more. Part of the In Their Own Words series. Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994 as an online bookstore based out of his garage. Since then, the ever-expanding enterprise has revolutionized shopping and, in many important ways, invented e-commerce as we know it. Today, Amazon is the third-most valuable company in the world, and Bezos's vast customer-oriented empire has mushroomed to include everything from cloud computing and fresh food delivery to movie production and consumer electronics. In recent years, Bezos also has invested in rocket technology, newspaper publishing, and artificial intelligence. Every arm of Bezos's business, however, is guided by a fundamental goal: to give customers what they want before they even think to ask for it.Jeff Bezos: In His Own Words offers a unique look into the mind of one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs by collecting more than 500 of Bezos's quotes on business, technology, customer service, e-commerce, innovation, entrepreneurship, and more. Meticulously curated from interviews, speeches, shareholder letters, press releases, and other sources, this book creates a comprehensive picture of Jeff Bezos, his obsessions, and what makes his ventures thrive.After more than 20 years at the helm of Amazon and its subsidiaries, Bezos continues to operate on what he calls "Day One time" in order to maintain the early experimental spirit of his business. Since the beginning, when he first saw the potential of the internet as a powerful tool for commerce, he has looked for trends and technologies that can alter not just business but daily life. Jeff Bezos: In His Own Words reveals in detail a man who wants to push the future forward—and will inspire readers to do the same. A gift book that features Jeff Bezos's ideas expressed as quotes from his interviews on media, art, business, technology, success, and failureBezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest online shopping retailer, largest internet company by revenue, and largest provider of cloud infrastructure servicesOther business ventures include Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company, and the Washington Post newspaper, which he purchased in 2013One of the world's most successful figures in business and technologyCurrently the third-richest person in the world and on track to become the richestBezos's June 2017 purchase of Whole Foods for $13.7 billion made international headlinesFew other books detail Bezos's own words and perspective on such a wide variety of subjectsBuilds off the overwhelming success of previous In Their Own Words titles, such as I, Steve: Steve Jobs In His Own WordsAuthor Bio: Helena Hunt is an editor living in Chicago, IL.