Jeff Bezos Quotes - 5 quotes

Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur and business magnate best known as the founder of Amazon.com. He graduated from Princeton University in 1986 with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. In 1994, Bezos founded Amazon in his garage, initially as an online bookstore. Over the years, he expanded the company into a global e-commerce giant, offering a wide range of products and services, including Amazon Web Services (AWS). Bezos also founded Blue Origin, a private aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company, in 2000. In 2021, Bezos stepped down as Amazon's CEO to become the executive chairman, with Andy Jassy taking over as CEO. Bezos continues to be one of the wealthiest individuals in the world, with significant investments in various sectors.

quote icon It turns out ideas are the easy part. Execution is everything.

- Jeff Bezos

quote icon The Washington Post and the New York Times win prizes, but increasingly we talk only to a certain elite. More and more, we talk to ourselves.

- Jeff Bezos

quote icon I love garage entrepreneurs—I was one. But, just like the world needs small companies, it also needs large ones. There are things small companies simply can’t do. I don’t care how good an entrepreneur you are, you’re not going to build an all-fiber Boeing 787 in your garage.

- Jeff Bezos

quote icon Unlike many other countries around the world, this great nation we live in supports and does not stigmatize entrepreneurial risk-taking. I walked away from a steady job into a Seattle garage to found my startup, fully understanding that it might not work. It feels like just yesterday I was driving the packages to the post office myself, dreaming that one day we might be able to afford a forklift.

- Jeff Bezos

quote icon We can't be in survival mode. We have to be in growth mode.

- Jeff Bezos

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