Tech Internships: Critics say that the recruitment process at big tech firms often gives an advantage to well-connected and wealthier candidates.Bezos himself is an internet meme and a tabloid fixture, the subject of fascination and obsession in corporate boardrooms and (some days) the world’s richest person. Amazon reimagined what shopping means, remade industries from groceries to computer chips, hired people at a rate likely unmatched in history and is feared in just about every industry on the planet. The company he made in his image is worth $1.7 trillion, or more than four Walmarts. And then he was right again a lot after that. In 1994, Bezos was a Wall Street finance nerd who bet that the internet would be a big deal and that books were the best place to get started. Here are a few thoughts about what happens next:įirst, a moment of appreciation. He will still have a hand in Amazon’s big decisions, but this is the end of an era for Amazon and a milestone in the technology industry that worships founders - Bezos most of all. The company announced on Tuesday that Bezos would hand off the chief executive job in a few months. Now after 27 years, the company’s founder is taking the Bezos out of Amazon. They are called “Jeff-isms” for a reason. Bezos is the oracle behind a set of principles and mechanisms that govern his company. The company is built on his ideas and ideals, and its strategy reflects his numbers-obsessed brain. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Īmazon is Jeff Bezos. This article is part of the On Tech newsletter.
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