They cal him the man who can sell it all.The co-founder of Amazon,Jeff Bezos,has lot to talk about his leadership qualities,struggles and motives.Lets ponder upon them.

2. JEFF BEZOS
He is the Founder of amazon.com.
Jeff Bezos defined online shopping and rewrote the
rules of e-commerce.

3. SOME IMPORTANT DATES
• Was born on Jan 12, 1964 in New Mexico
• In 1982 he graduates from High school and joins Princeton
• In 1988 joins Bankers Trust.
• In 1990 he became the youngest vice president in
the history of Bankers Trust.

4. • 1993 : Marries McKenzie Bezos(Tuttle)
• 1994 : Wrote his business plan on his
trip from New York to California
• 1994 : Quits his job at DE Shaw to start
his own venture
• 1995,July 5: Amazon went online
• 1997 : Amazon.com begins trading at
NASDAQ as AMZN at split-adjusted
price of $1.5
• 1998 : Amazon.com expands to music
CD’s

5. • 1999 : Amazon.com stock peaks
at $113 per share but yet to turn
a profit. Bezos is undeterred and
focusses on expanding the
company and building the brand.
• 1999 : Expands to toys,
electronics, software and video
games. Also launches
amazon.com auctions.
• 1999 : Named Time’s Person of
the Year, ranked No.19 on
Forbes global rich list.

6. DOT COM BUBBLE BURST (1997-2000)
• When the dot-com bubble burst at the start of the 21st century, destroying many
e-companies in the process, Amazon survived.
• 1999 – Lost $719 million
• 2000- Lost $1.4 billion
• Stock prices fell from $113 to $13
• Laid off 1300 employees

7. CHANGE IN FORTUNE
• 2001: Finally turns profit of $5 million in 4th quarter
• 2002: Bezos’ fortune dwindles down to $1.5 billion dollars in Amazon stock
; no interest in pushing stock prices rather focus on customer as long term
strategy
• 2004, Jan: Reports full year profit earning of $35 million for all of 2003
• 2006 : Annual sales over $10.7 billion
• 2007: Introduces Amazon kindle
• 2010: Kindle and e-book sales had reached
$2.38 billion
• 2013 :revenues at Amazon.com Inc. totaled
$74.5B USD, while annual earnings equaled
$0.59 per share.

8. HIGH MACH
TYPE ‘A’
OPENESS TO
EXPERIENCE

9. LEADERSHIP
• Frugality
• Visionary
• Innovator
• Approachable

10. His religion- CONSUMERISM
JEFF BEZOS – THE MARKETER

11. Surrogate Customers – “Customer Experience Bar Raisers”
I am the
CUSTOMER
Software(SILK) BACKWARD
INTEGRATION Books Hardware(KINDLE)
WHISPER SYNC

12. AWARDS & ACHEIVEMENTS
• In 1990,at the age of 26 he became the
youngest vice president in the history of
Banker’s Trust.
• He was named Time magazine's Person of the
Year in 1999.
• In 2008, he was selected by U.S. News & World
Report as one of America's best leaders.
• In 2012, Bezos was named Businessperson of
The Year by Fortune.
• In 2013, Aug 5: Bought The Washington Post for
$250 million.
• Bezos is listed as one of the wealthiest people
in the world with an estimated net worth of $28
billion.
• He was ranked the second best CEO in the
world by Harvard Business Review.

13. The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos
and the Age of Amazon – Brad
Stone.

14. Smile All The Way!!
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