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Jeff Bezos was right around the corner in 2017 per this article: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/27/richest-man-alive-jeff-bezos-could-become-the-first-trillionair
by sarcasmatwork 7y ago
Jeff Bezos was right around the corner in 2017 per this article: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/27/richest-man-alive-jeff-bezos-could-become-the-first-trillionaire.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/27/richest-man-alive-jeff-bezos...
- markovian 7y agoHe is certainly well positioned, but Amazon is already 23 years old, industrial cycles tend to shorten and he himself anticipated the death of his own company.
- sp332 7y agoYes but he was divorced this year. https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-140b-divorce-what-you-need-to-know/ https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-140b-divorce... And cashing out a billion dollars a year (over one percent of his net worth at the peak) to spend on rocket ships has got to put a dent in his earnings growth.