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Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos

Founder and longtime CEO of Amazon (1994–2021), and the author of one of the most-cited bodies of shareholder writing of the internet era. Across 24 annual letters, Bezos built a working vocabulary for modern operators: customer obsession, Day 1, two-pizza teams, disagree and commit, Type 1 vs Type 2 decisions, and showed his work each year with the numbers underneath. His letters are required reading for anyone studying how to build durable businesses through reinvestment, scale, and long time horizons.

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AmazonJeff Bezos"Our ultimate financial measure, and the one we most want to drive over the long-term, is free cash flow per share."2 min readAmazonJeff Bezos"Long-term thinking is both a requirement and an outcome of true ownership."2 min readAmazonJeff Bezos"In short, what's good for customers is good for shareholders."3 min readAmazonJeff Bezos"Focus on cost improvement makes it possible for us to afford to lower prices, which drives growth. Growth spreads fixed costs across more s…"4 min readAmazonJeff Bezos"We're a company that wants to be weighed, and over time, we will be—over the long term, all companies are."4 min readAmazonJeff Bezos"Our vision is to use this platform to build Earth's most customer-centric company, a place where customers can come to find and discover an…"4 min readAmazonJeff Bezos"I constantly remind our employees to be afraid, to wake up every morning terrified. Not of our competition, but of our customers."4 min readAmazonJeff Bezos"But this is Day 1 for the Internet and, if we execute well, for Amazon.com."3 min read

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