Influential Lives

What happens when a young executive at an investment firm quits his job to start an online bookstore? If he''s Jeff Bezos, he ends up changing the world. This informative biography of technology entrepreneur Jeff Bezos describes the rise of Amazon.com and the way Bezos changed the Internet, retail, book publishing, television, and the way we organize our homes. It also explores Bezos''s business ventures outside Amazon, including his aerospace company Blue Origin and his purchase of The Washington Post. Readers will be inspired by the insights of this genius, who continues to change the way we live.