Quotes by Jeff Bezos

About Jeff Bezos:

Jeffrey Preston is an American business magnate and investor. He is a technology entrepreneur who has played a key role in the growth of e-commerce as the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, an online merchant of books and later of a wide variety of products. Under his guidance, Amazon.com became the largest retailer on the World Wide Web and a top model for Internet sales. In 2013, Bezos purchased The Washington Post newspaper. As of March 2015, Bezos's personal wealth is estimated to be US$50 billion, due in part to a recent spike in Amazon's stock price, ranking him 15th on the Forbes list of billionaires.
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We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.

Jeff Bezos

I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.

Jeff Bezos

My own view is that every company requires a long-term view.

Jeff Bezos

Part of company culture is path-dependent - it's the lessons you learn along the way.

Jeff Bezos

One of the things it was obvious you could do with an online store is have a much more complete selection.

Jeff Bezos

The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It's the thing that people create.

Jeff Bezos

For people who are readers, reading is important to them.

Jeff Bezos

It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you're in boom times.

Jeff Bezos

Cultures, for better or worse, are very stable.

Jeff Bezos

Infrastructure web services had to happen.

Jeff Bezos

I think there are going to be a bunch of tablet-like devices. It's really a different product category.

Jeff Bezos

I'm skeptical that the novel will be 're-invented.'

Jeff Bezos

If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.

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I went to Princeton specifically to study physics.

Jeff Bezos

The key thing about a book is that you lose yourself in the author's world.

Jeff Bezos

But there's so much kludge, so much terrible stuff, we are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet. That's where we are. We don't get our hair caught in it, but that's the level of primitiveness of where we are. We're in 1908.

Jeff Bezos

For many people, extended reading sessions on an LCD display cause eyestrain.

Jeff Bezos

People forget already how much utility they get out of the Internet - how much utility they get out of e-mail, how much utility they get out of even simple things like brochureware online.

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On the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be two sizes: You can be big, or you can be small. It's very hard to be medium. A lot of medium-sized companies had the fina...

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If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young.

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I wanted a woman who could get me out of a Third World prison. Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful.

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Author Bio

  • NameJeff Bezos
  • DescriptionAmerican entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, Inc.
  • AliasesJeffrey Preston "Jeff" Bezos
  • BornJanuary 12, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionComputer Scientist; Entrepreneur; Businessperson
  • AwardsTime Person Of The Year