Once a startup housed in a garage, Amazon is now one of the most powerful entities in the world economy, touching countless aspects of our lives. Ther

Delivering the Goods On Amazon

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2021-05-26 06:30:07

Once a startup housed in a garage, Amazon is now one of the most powerful entities in the world economy, touching countless aspects of our lives. There’s probably a good chance you have placed orders in its marketplace, shopped at Whole Foods, read the Washington Post, streamed a movie made by Amazon Studios, or chatted with Alexa in your home. How has Amazon become so ubiquitous and where is it headed? In a virtual CHM live event on May 12, 2021, Brad Stone, Bloomberg executive editor for global tech, discussed his new book, Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire, with colleague Emily Chang, anchor and executive producer of Bloomberg Technology and Studio 1.0.

Stone’s first book on the company, The Everything Store, was published in 2013 and quickly became outdated. Indeed, in 2010, Amazon was a $34 billion company and Bezos’ worth $16 billion. Today, it’s a $1.6 trillion company and Bezos is worth $191 billion. It’s clear that Amazon is one of a handful of defining companies of the age.

Stone had access to dozens of Amazon executives, engineers, and current and former employees who shared recollections and stories of a decentralized, complex company doing a million things at once. Ultimately, Amazon reflects the vision and ambition of one man: Jeff Bezos.

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