Jeff Bezos Quotes


… good luck and good timing are huge components of outsized success in entrepreneurial endeavors. Lots of things have to go right, and the planets have to align; that certainly happened in Amazon’s case. Our timing turned out to be very good. And so you can’t sit down to write a business plan and say you’re going to build a multibillion-dollar corporation; that’s unrealistic.


Context

While successful entrepreneurs require much talent and hard work for success, good fortune and timing are also important factors. Most entrepreneurs fail, and often even the successful ones have failed several times before.


Citations

Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon.com, Interview, Foreign Affairs, January/February 2015

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Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos
  • Born: January 12, 1964
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Businessman, Media Proprietor, Investor, Computer Engineer

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American internet entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, and investor. Bezos is the founder and CEO of the multi-national technology company Amazon. He is the richest person in the world according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.