THE LIFE ANDWESOMENESS

OF JEFF BEZOS271234 Gaurav Pawar

271249 Priya Rajkondawar

A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last.

If you never want to be criticized, for goodness' sake don't do anything new.

Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood.

HIS STORY

Jeff was born in 1964 to 19year-old year old Jackie Bezosand 20-year-old Mike Bezos,an adopted father.

"The reality, as far as I'm concerned, isthat my Dad is my natural father. The onlytime I ever think about it, genuinely, iswhen a doctor asks me to fill out aform," Jeff told Wired in 1999.

CHILDHOOD

Summers in Texas

Lawrence Preston "Pop" Gise worked in the space industry and supervised 26,000 employees

his grandfather taught him how "its harder to be kind then clever."

castrating cattle and doing other farmwork.It wasn't all field work, though. Jeff's grandfather was huge role model in his life.

CHILDHOOD

The Tiny Kid

He joined a youth pee wee football team.

Was made captain in a couple weeks because he was the only kid who could remember all the plays.

In school, Jeff told teachers "the future of mankind is not on this planet.”

Years later, Jeff owns a space exploration company called Blue Origin.

small STARTS• As a teenager, Jeff worked for a summer at a McDonald's. He hated it.

• So the next summer, Jeff and his girlfriend created a education camp for younger kids. They charged $600 a pop.

PrincetonM.Sc in Elect. & Comp Engg.

1st Job: @ Fizel, a startup

Banker’s Trust

D.E. Shaw’s Hedge Fund… Associate to Sr. VP

Marriage to Mackenzie

CAREERGRAPH

A TO Z

.Jeff, along with Shel Kaplan, built Amazon.com in a garage

Amazon's initial public offering went nuts in 1997, of course…

It turned sour in 2000- Amazon.bomb

But it survived due to 2 things:-Customers’ Trust- Jeff’s long term Vision

Amazon.com has expanded beyond selling books, to selling almost everything, including music, video, and even its own gadget, the Amazon Kindle. By 2009, Amazon was up 5000% since its IPO.

It stands @$29.7 billion of net worth today

JEFF’S half dozen

61. Be stubborn && flexible

2. Stick with 2 Pizzas

3. Be Willing to Invent 10,000 year clock / Blue Origin space company/ His patentedairbagsystem for phones/ solar cooker he invented

4. Think Long Term‘Whats the internet’ to ‘Amazon: Global’

5. Base Your Strategy on Things That Won’t ChangeWhats not going to change in the next 10 years?

6. Get Started Now to Avoid Regret LaterRegret Minimization Framework.

THANK YOU

…. is all it took

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