Jeff Bezos

An hour with Jeff Bezos, chairman and CEO of Amazon.com about The Kindle, a wireless, portable reading device.
Paid | Amazon Video on Demand
Length: 55:00
Posted: 7/20/2008

Jeff Bezos says the e-book reader Kindle 2 allows you to read with one hand. (06:12)
Free | The Daily Show
Length: 06:12
Posted: 7/23/2009

CNBC interview on the new Kindle with Jeff Bezos, chairman and chief executive of Amazon.com.
Free | NY Times

Posted: 2/24/2009

Back in 1994, when few people had even heard of the Internet, Jeff Bezos was starting Amazon.com and, in the process, pioneered a whole new way of doing business. At age 36, Bezos is already a billionaire several times over, as well as TIME's Person of the Year for 1999. Bezos was an exceptionally bright child, winning prizes at science fairs, tinkering with computers and earning straight A's. After graduating from Princeton, he rose through the ranks at several prestigious Wall Street firms. His job at one of these firms was to develop ways of doing business through the Internet, most specifically how to make money. While doing this research, he discovered that the Internet was growing at a rate of 2,300% a year. Jeff quickly realized that he could be a part of this phenomenal growth, and that books - extensively catalogued and easily shipped -- would be the perfect commodity. He quit his high-paying job, packed his bags, and headed West to Seattle, a city already proven to be techno
Paid | iTunes
Length: 45:05
Posted: 5/18/2009