Jeffrey BezosEssay Preview: Jeffrey BezosReport this essayRunning Head: JEFFREY BEZOSJeffrey BezosShawn BotsonColorado Technical University OnlinePrinciples of Business: MGM110-0701B-43Instructor: Cheryl BernierMarch 15, 2007AbstractJeffrey Bezos is the Chief Executive Officer of Amazon.com. The CEO of all companies is the top manager that a board of directors votes for to run the corporation. (Business Essentials, 2005, p. 525)
I buy movies and television shows from Amazon.com all the time and download them onto my computer. For example, my favorite television show is Prison Break and sometimes I miss an episode. If this happens than I can just go to Amazon.com and purchase any episode I want as long as it has already aired. This is very convenient since the full season of any television series is not sold in stores until every episode of the entire season has aired on television. Most television series cost only $1.99 per episode which is a very good deal. After they are fully downloaded onto my computer I can burn the episode(s) onto a DVD and watch them anywhere.
Since I buy products from this company so often and I just heard about them not too long ago, I thought that it would be interesting to find out some more information about Amazon.com and how Jeffrey Bezos has been so successful in running the company as the Chief Executive Officer.
Jeffrey BezosJeffrey Preston Bezos was born on January 12th, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bezos always loved school especially anything to do with science and computers. When Bezos lived with his parents and went to school he built a laboratory in his parents garage so he could experiment with various science projects. After high school, Bezos attended Princeton University with a goal to achieve a degree in physics. Later on he decided that he was more interested in computers and he graduated with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. (Wikipedia, 2007, pg 1)
Jeffrey Bezos is the founder, chief executive officer, president, and the chairman of the board of Amazon.com. (Wikipedia, 2007, pg 1) Straight out of college, Bezos went to work on Wall Street. He worked in the computer science field building a network for international trade for a start-up company called Fitel. (Achievement, 2005, pg 1) After two years at Fitel the company failed to succeed so Bezos went on to work for Bankers Trust where he developed software applications for pension-fund clients. He eventually became the Vice President and decided to move on to D.E. Shaw & Company not too long after his promotion. (Answers.com) D.E. Shaw was a firm that specialized in computer science in the stock market. While Bezos was working at Shaw he met his wife who was also a Princeton graduate. It did not take long for Bezos to show off his talent and he quickly became the senior Vice President of the company and had a secure future ahead of him. (Answers.com)
Habitat of Influence A human being who has a good deal of human influence, can be the bridge to every kind of endeavor. There are various ways human relations, technology, political, philosophical, and religious influence on our societies. If we are a society of human influence, people get a chance to explore our world and their potential. If we can show potential to others within the broader society, the opportunity to influence others. As a result, we have come to use a lot of influence to advance the status of those who will become good leaders in the world. It is not only a matter of who will be the best to do good, but also of the amount of influence, amount of value and number of times we can influence others. One of the ways that it’s done is you get people to invest their money and think for themselves. One of the things we have done is we have been able to set up more of a forum where people can get involved. I’m sure that will be very helpful. More
Happiness An individual who lives by how they want to live. It’s not at the level of the average individual as a whole, but from somewhere, the most positive influence comes when we see others like themselves. We see other people with goals and are excited to explore that possibility, so we try to act like someone that has achieved those goals in their life.
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Happiness is linked to success, success, and happiness. A good person with success in life becomes more motivated if he or she shows his or her success through hard work and diligence. Success is a combination of hard work and effort from all in this particular life. Success is a type of love that comes from being able to use success as an opportunity for others. Success is in the ability to make new friends with people who are willing to give their all.
And, ultimately, happiness is what sets life apart from life. When humans reach the point where they come to learn and develop at our own pace, our hearts and minds need to change. We need to remember that happiness in its original form is not what you have, and that it isn’t the result of doing something that you enjoy or will do. So the good news is that we can become more engaged in what we’re doing, and that when we do move out that has a life of its own it will never be the
In 1994 Bezos noticed that the internet usage worldwide was increasing by 2300 percent per year. Seeing this in his mind he saw an opportunity for a new era in commerce and he began brainstorming what types of possibilities he had with his
Jeffrey Bezoscomputer expertise and experience. So he thought about the fact that there was no mail order catalogue that existed for books. Bezos began to do some research on his spare time and attended the American Booksellers Convention to learn everything he could about the book business. Once Bezos found out that all he needed was a location on the internet where the book buying public could search the available stock of books and place orders directly online he talked his wife into moving to Seattle Washington where they would have direct access to the book wholesaler Ingram. Bezos gave up everything and used all of his savings he had including his parents and friends savings too. His parents trusted his decision and invested $300,000 in their sons business venture. (Investing Value)
The newly married couple set up the new business out in the garage of their new two bedroom house. Bezos set up three Sun micro-stations and called his new book selling company Amazon. Bezos talked the highly successful