2. OUTLINE
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• Biography
• Early Career
• Ventures
• Advent of Amazon.com
• Blue Origins
• The Washington Post
• Key Strategic Points
3. BIOGRAPHY
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• Born in New Mexico
• As a child admired “Stephen
Hawking”
• Valedictorian of Princeton
University.
4. EARLY CAREER
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After Graduation
• Joined Wall Street Firm “D.E Shaw
& Company” as Computer
Specialist
Within 12 Years
• Become Senior Vice
President of D.E Shaw &
Company.
• Founded the market trend of
World Wide Web that it was
growing 2,300 % per month
6. STARTING OUT
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• Moved to Seattle
• Set up his operations in the
garage.
• Started out as a bookstore
due to no-tax on online
business.
7. OPERATIONAL SETUP
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• Raised $1 million from friends and family.
• Worked on many domain names until they pounded
onto Amazon.com
• (Fun fact: Relentless.com still redirects to Amazon)
• Initially 300 people were chosen as beta users.
• A bell was setup to ring every time Amazon made a
sale.
10. BLUE ORIGIN
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• Aerospace company
• Aims to provide human presence in outer space
• In 2015, made its first flight and successful landing.
• Future goals: To provide an opportunity for
general public to experience space travels
12. THE WASHINGTON POST
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• Acquired Washington Post in 2013.
• Had an aim to “save the post from a financial
demise”.
• Within 4 years it crossed 1 million mark of paid
digital customers.
