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Jeff Bezos

Founder of Amazon

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994 and led it as CEO until 2021. His annual shareholder letters, which frequently cite books, are studied as management texts in their own right.

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Cover of The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day · Kazuo Ishiguro

Dune · Frank Herbert

Cover of Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras

Built to Last · Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras

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The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989

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"My favorite novel. Teaches pain of regret so well you will think you lived it."

Spotted in 10 Books Jeff Bezos Thinks You Should Read (Inc.)

Dune

Frank Herbert · 1965

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"It used to be Dune."

Spotted in From the Archives: My 1996 Interview with Jeff Bezos, Part II (Erik Lundegaard)

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Built to Last

Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras · 1994

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"My favorite business book."

Spotted in 10 Books Jeff Bezos Thinks You Should Read (Inc.)

Creation: Life and How to Make It

Steve Grand · 2000

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"Was influential in the creation of Amazon Web Services, or AWS, the service that popularized the notion of the cloud."

Spotted in 10 Books Jeff Bezos Thinks You Should Read (Inc.)

Rework

Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · 2010

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"Unperturbed by conventional wisdom, [the authors] start fresh and rewrite the rules of business."

Spotted in 10 Books Jeff Bezos Thinks You Should Read (Inc.)

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