The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

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Shortly after they announced their divorce, news broke that Bezos was dating TV host and helicopter pilot Lauren Sanchez.

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Bezos became interested in automation during his time at McDonald's. Joe Raedle/Getty Images via BI Bezos showed an early interest in how things work, turning his parents’ garage into a laboratory and rigging electrical contraptions around his house as a child. He moved to Miami with his family as a teenager, where he developed a love for computers and graduated valedictorian of his high school. It was during high school that he started his first business, the Dream Institute, an educational summer camp for fourth, fifth and sixth graders. Lab126, developers of integrated consumer electronics such as the Kindle, became a subsidiary in 2004. [140] Hyde, Marina (September 14, 2018). "If Jeff Bezos wants to help low-income people why not just pay them better?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019 . Retrieved December 12, 2019. The Post could have survived under the company’s ownership and been profitable for the foreseeable future,” Graham stated, in an effort to explain the transaction. “But we wanted to do more than survive. I’m not saying this guarantees success, but it gives us a much greater chance of success.”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.