THE LIFE AND 
WESOMENESS 
OF JEFF BEZOS 
271234 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 19 
year-old year old Jackie Bezos 
and 20-year-old Mike Bezos, 
an adopted father. 
"The reality, as far as I'm concerned, is 
that my Dad is my natural father. The only 
time I ever think about it, genuinely, is 
when a doctor asks me to fill out a 
form," 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.
Princeton 
M.Sc in Elect. & 
Comp Engg. 
Marriage to 
Mackenzie 
Banker’s Trust 
1st Job: @ Fizel, a 
startup 
D.E. Shaw’s Hedge 
Fund… Associate to 
Sr. VP 
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 
6 1. Be stubborn && flexible 
2. Stick with 2 Pizzas 
3. Be Willing to Invent 
10,000 year clock / Blue Origin space company/ His patentedairbag 
system 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 Change 
Whats not going to change in the next 10 years? 
6. Get Started Now to Avoid Regret Later 
Regret Minimization Framework.
THANK YOU 
…. is all it took 
THANK YOU

Jeff bezos

  • 1.
    THE LIFE AND WESOMENESS OF JEFF BEZOS 271234 Gaurav Pawar 271249 Priya Rajkondawar
  • 2.
    A company shouldn'tget 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.
  • 3.
    HIS STORY Jeffwas born in 1964 to 19 year-old year old Jackie Bezos and 20-year-old Mike Bezos, an adopted father. "The reality, as far as I'm concerned, is that my Dad is my natural father. The only time I ever think about it, genuinely, is when a doctor asks me to fill out a form," Jeff told Wired in 1999.
  • 4.
    CHILDHOOD Summers inTexas 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.
  • 5.
    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.
  • 6.
    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.
  • 7.
    Princeton M.Sc inElect. & Comp Engg. Marriage to Mackenzie Banker’s Trust 1st Job: @ Fizel, a startup D.E. Shaw’s Hedge Fund… Associate to Sr. VP CAREERGRAPH
  • 8.
    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
  • 9.
    JEFF’S half dozen 6 1. Be stubborn && flexible 2. Stick with 2 Pizzas 3. Be Willing to Invent 10,000 year clock / Blue Origin space company/ His patentedairbag system 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 Change Whats not going to change in the next 10 years? 6. Get Started Now to Avoid Regret Later Regret Minimization Framework.
  • 10.
    THANK YOU ….is all it took THANK YOU

Editor's Notes

  • #6 The book mentioned him to be ‘friendly but serious’ and ‘not particularly gifted in leadership’
  • #8 Jeff almost quit BANKER’S TRUST job to found a news-by-fax service startup with Halsey Minor, who would later found CNET He wanted a woman who could "get me out of a Third World Prison.“ He eventually married an office-mate named Mackenzie. She's now a novelist and mother to 4.
  • #9 Bezos and Kaplan set up a bell to ring every time Amazon.com made a sale.
  • #10 vision, details https://blog.kissmetrics.com/lessons-from-jeff-bezos/ 5-7 people can work wonders in innovation, autonomous ways Everything Place= Amazon; offers/ 6. To weigh options, old cool job against amazon’s risk