> Amazon spent most of its existence spending nearly as much or more money than it made Bezos, like many other founders, is allergic to paying taxes. So that

> Amazon spent most of its existence spending nearly as much or more money than it made Bezos, like many other founders, is allergic to paying taxes. So that is one of the reasons everything was spent on growth. Essentially he used the public to fund his company. (He was already a millionaire from working in finance.)