I tend to avoid business books with fancy title such as Think and Grow Rich or Rich Dad, Poor Dad because business cannot be all things to all people. I usually reach for books about specific organizations, and this book is the fourth one for this topic. The World's Richest People". Forbes. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018 . Retrieved March 8, 2018. My take on Bezos from this book (which might totally be wrong, I’m sure his wife knows him better): he wants to win. It’s not about making money (although I’m sure he doesn’t complain) but about winning. World's richest man Jeff Bezos divorces". BBC News. January 10, 2019. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019 . Retrieved February 8, 2019.

I've long urged companies to make "Create more value than you capture" their watchword, because it seems to me that building a healthy ecosystem in which everyone - employees, customers, suppliers, partners, and even competitors - can flourish is key to the positive impact that capitalism can have on society as a whole.

In January 2017, Bezos was revealed as the anonymous buyer of the Textile Museum in DC's Kalorama neighborhood.

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Farr, Christina (February 3, 2018). "We can learn a lot about Jeff Bezos' health strategy by looking at his investments". CNBC. Archived from the original on February 3, 2018 . Retrieved February 4, 2018.Casais, Eduardo. "World's Billionaire List 2001". stats.areppim.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017 . Retrieved March 8, 2018. Kang, Cecilia (December 27, 2015). "F.A.A. Drone Laws Start to Clash With Stricter Local Rules". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015 . Retrieved February 20, 2019. Bezos’ best act of citizenship was undoubtedly his rescue and resuscitation of the Washington Post, one of America’s great newspapers and from which, unlike every other business to which he is connected, he has remained admirably detached. His business triumphs include the invention of the Alexa virtual assistant and his company’s hugely profitable computer cloud, so successful that he tried for years to hide its earnings, to stop Google and others realizing what a rich business it was. Bezos did not explicitly favor one group over the other, but he looked at the results of tests. Over time it became clear that the humans couldn’t compete. PEOPLE FORGET THAT JOHN HENRY DIED IN THE END, read a sign on the wall of the P13N [Personalisation] office. Overall a fascinating story of the determined underdog coming out on top. While it does get bogged down in a few places with excessive technical or legal details, this was a really engaging read. I particularly found the more personal stories around Bezos to be fascinating and thoroughly enjoyed learning more about the brilliant man.

These guys are out to create the best that ever was. They need to know that at all times their product is the best out there. Nothing less will suffice. About". Princeton Quadrangle CLub. Archived from the original on July 14, 2020 . Retrieved July 13, 2020. My approach has always been that value trumps everything,” Sinegal continued. “The reason people are prepared to come to our strange places to shop is that we have value. We deliver on that value constantly. There are no annuities in this business.”Kosoff, Maya (July 17, 2018). "Is Jeff Bezos's Massive Wealth Becoming a Problem?". The Hive. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018 . Retrieved July 17, 2018.