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Background

At the beginning...​

Amazon was not always the booming e-commerce it is today.  When Bezos founded Amazon, it was just an online bookstore. Over time the company he started began to grow.  And as it grew he started selling more than just books.

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Three big key ideas to the success of Amazon the last few years...

1. Put the customer first

2. Invent

3. Be Patient

Jeffrey Preston Bezos

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on January 12, 1964. His biological father was Ted Jorgensen, but his mother re-married a man name Mike Bezos who eventually adopted him. In 1993, he married his wife, MacKenzie Bezos. They have four children.​

 

Education-wise, he went to Princeton University in 1986. Gradauted Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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In his 54 years, Jeff Bezos has starred in Star Trek Beyond and written a book Jeff Bezos

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He is known for being the founder, chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Amazon. His net worth is $132.4 billion according to Forbes.

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Purpose

Mission of Amazon

According to Amazon's Facebook page...

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"Our vision is to be Earth's most customer centric company; to build a place where

  people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online."

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