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On thursday, after jeff bezos revealed that he had received threats from american media, inc. Amazons rise to the top of the tech world is remarkable. Jeff bezos favorite novel, about a butler who wistfully recalls his career in service during wartime great britain. Aug 16, 2017 jeff bezos recently briefly overtook bill gates to become the richest man in america. He zeroed down on books because each book is standard all over the world. Here are 25 books recommended by some of the top ceos in the world to kick off your. When new technologies cause great firms to fail, by clayton m. Definitely, it makes a great entrepreneur is a passion for their work. Jeff bezos had his top execs read these three books.
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It tracks the rise of amazon from its genesis in a garage, albeit converted to the modern kindle era. You can see how impact this book has had on bezos and amazon as a company. Through his personal investment company, bezos expeditions, he helped fund companies like airbnb, basecamp, behance, business insider, twitter and uber. He shares his kindle ambitions with the new york times. A hedge fund executive in new york who caught the internet bug early, mr.
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