Jeff Bezos: The background history π«‘
The Boy Who Loved to Read From a young age, Jeff Bezos had an insatiable appetite for reading. His mother Jackie would often find him in his room, surrounded by piles of books, lost in faraway worlds. She encouraged his love of reading, taking him on frequent trips to the library. Books were Jeff's portal to knowledge and ideas. He devoured science fiction novels like "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, which sparked his imagination about technology and the future . Biographies of visionary leaders like Thomas Edison showed him the power of invention and perseverance. Books Shape a Future Billionaire As Jeff grew up, books continued to profoundly influence his thinking. After graduating from Princeton, he took a lucrative job on Wall Street. But he couldn't shake the entrepreneurial itch. Fascinated by the potential of the nascent internet, he made a bold decision in 1994 to quit his job and start an online bookstore called Amazon. Why books? Jeff saw untappe...