Jeff Bezos and the invention of a global empire Stone, Brad. creator text bibliography biography nyu New York Simon & Schuster 2021 monographic eng

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478 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates : col. ill. "In Amazon Unbound, Brad Stone presents a deeply reported, vividly drawn portrait of how a retail upstart became one of the most powerful and feared entities in the global economy. Stone also probes the evolution of Bezos himself-who started as a geeky technologist totally devoted to building Amazon, but who transformed to become a fit, disciplined billionaire with global ambitions; who ruled Amazon with an iron fist, even as he found his personal life splashed over the tabloids." -- Amazon.com. 'Amazon Unbound' is an unvarnished picture of Amazon's unprecedented growth and its billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, revealing the most important business story of our time. From the author of 'The Everything Store'. Part I: Invention. The Über product manager -- A name too boring to notice -- Cowboys and killers -- A year for eating crow -- "Democracy dies in darkness" -- Bombing Hollywood -- Part II: Leverage. The selection machine -- Amazon's future is CRaP -- The last mile -- The gold mine in the backyard -- Gradatim Ferociter -- Part III: Invincibility. License to operate -- Complexifiers -- Reckoning -- Pandemic. Brad Stone. Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-459) and index. Bezos, Jeffrey Amazon.com (Firm) Electronic commerce Teleshopping Internet bookstores HF5548.32 .S76 2021 9781982132613 (hbk.) 1982132612 (hbk.) 210607 on1240176717