Jeff Bezos
In the span of a single decade, Jeff Bezos transformed a modest online bookseller operating from his garage into a global empire so vast that by 2021, nearly half of every dollar spent online in the United States flowed through its platform. His journey from a visionary Wall Street executive to the world’s most influential retail and technology pioneer is a masterclass in long-term thinking, customer obsession, and relentless innovation. Jeffrey Preston Bezos, born on January 12, 1964, is not merely the founder of Amazon; he is the principal architect of modern e-commerce and cloud computing. His story embodies the seismic shift from the brick-and-mortar 20th century to the digital, on-demand 21st. More than any other individual, Bezos defined the experience of online shopping and, in doing so, rewrote the rules of business, logistics, and consumer expectation. This is the chronicle of how a simple idea—the “everything store”—became the foundation for…