2000 Interview with Jeff Bezos

This story originally aired on KING-TVs Evening Magazine in 2000. #Throwback30
Evening reporter John Stofflet interviews Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos in 2000. At the time, Amazon had just laid off 2% of its workforce and was still located in the Pacific Tower on Seattle's Beacon hill. Stofflet asks Bezos how the company began, how its run, and what he thinks of the controversy surrounding the company.
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[@lewisburton1852]

good timing+visionary+awesome parents= worlds richest man.

[@goldenbowl1046]

Actually a not so awesome biological father that abandoned him ...but he died...there was a documentary on him

[@888gman888]

Being a childhood genius helps as well :)

[@illarionbykov7401]

Rich parents with a quarter million lying around to gamble on a 1 in 3 chance of winning. (half a million in today's money--the lockdown stimulus has boosted the money supply 50%)

[@lewisburton1852]

@@illarionbykov7401 lying around I think that was their whole retirement.

[@shahfibre]

+hahahahaha

[@MacenW]

Amazon employees: *phew* alright finally break time Jeff Bezos: *laugh in the distance* Amazon employees: ok back to work asap

[@etomichelverny]

My Jeff Bezos is on his jet now & my Overoverovergod

[@khawajaansaruddin6940]

he literally laughs like a billionaire

[@Alexamdern]

Well I bet he's laughting even louder now

[@niteshsaxena1066]

He wss

[@goldenbowl1046]

His laugh should be trademarked

[@etomichelverny]

My Jeff Bezos is going to do an IPO on his laugh & my Overoverovergod

[@darkspd31]

He looks like Kevin Spacey

[@calledmoe]

This dude is cracking joke after joke just to make Jeff laugh. That's diabolic.

[@Seanmyers2000]

He’s actually just Kevin spacey

[@wickedhouston5538]

stolen comment

[@icicestparis]

interviewer : have you thought of a name for the baby ? Jeff : My customers would decide for me

[@Urine666Deity]

"we're a very enlightened company" HAHAAHAHAHH

[@kenny2110]

The greatest businessman ever

[@taylorcampbell7268]

Best to ever to do it

[@ericdelacruz1]

Jeff bezos laugh as my ringtone

[@dblsll6105]

I was going to comment the exact same thing you have here, bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh

[@one.toke.man.]

@@dblsll6105shut up. aghhahahahah

[@rishabkacham5665]

not everyone can be a billionaire. but possibly can be as happy as him.

[@Ashutoshkumar-yr6ho]

Right

[@taylormaranell3063]

My ex step dad had a laugh like his. It was embarrassing in movie theaters but it always made everyone in the room laugh at a joke way more than they need too lol.

[@pranjayarora8115]

20% down 20% up stock in one day in 2000(EARLY 6YRS OF AMAZON &JEFF BEZOS-VERY COURAGEOUS MAN

[@EmilGhiurau]

Sounds like Bitcoin!

[@mugishagabriel6074]

You can't hate this man

[@spartanracer]

that Bezos of 2000 isn’t the Bezos of now. I worked at corporate years ago i knew the guy

[@tplive4536]

Really?​@@spartanracer

[@nighthawk6281]

He was so happy and fun going.... now look at him

[@boots911]

wym?

[@mdaddy775]

I like the laugh, full of joy!

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

He looks older here than he does now

[@rishabkacham5665]

taking everything in life easy = more output.

[@wordsretainpower6250]

He looks a lot older than 35....what the heck

[@AimlessAbyss]

And... Now he has over 100 billion.

[@chandras2454]

180 billion now

[@changemakers1402]

200B

[@alainportant6412]

almost 200

[@airlebron7467]

Hard to hate this guy

[@Urine666Deity]

you don't know enough lol just look at how contrived this shit video is

[@tonyfadin]

HAHAAHAHAHH

[@pangpengmaster]

the end of 2019 here. it's way different now.

[@MacenW]

Divorces his wife, neglects to meet his biological father, it's hard to like him.

[@alainportant6412]

@@pangpengmaster no, fuck you

[@CannibalWHORE22]

His laugh is terrifying

[@Re3iRtH]

Almost inhuman.

[@improbablywrongabouteveryt6781]

Man Kenny Spacey would play him brilla- oh, right.

[@smarajitpunaykanti6463]

Really good timing . He must be intelligent

[@vacuumunit]

True Visionary ...

[@sirus312]

unstoppable

[@nolanabell703]

I’d be laughing like the joker too

[@deborahannfrederick60]

thumbs up

[@etomichelverny]

Jeff Bezos is enjoying his jet with my Microsoft cofounders Bill Gates and my Paul Allen & my Overoverovergod

[@youbian]

From billowy to fitted fitted dress shirts.

[@juicejuice9090]

Jeff: * Laughs in billionaire *

[@RaviSingh-fv4sh]

horse like laughter.

[@rogerward3390]

Fuck if I saw this 20 years ago...I'd sell my body to invest!!!!

[@QuitYourCryin]

@1:00 Icon of the internet

[@SIDHARTH4592]

Now I know how billionaires laugh 😄

[@krishnarajbastola50]

❤ good morning ☀️💖

[@frankyalvarez67]

Very cool

[@kingofheartsxyz]

if i was that much successful i will laugh like a Joker

[@josephinestabel9647]

GO HELP THE POOR PEOLE AND CHILDREN MR.BEZOS. 🌍

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

What are you high?

[@山本言-x4f]

This weird laugh

[@mairajshaikh9813]

I love Jeff laughed because I am follow him

[@sacramentosacramento7499]

Respect

[@ej2333]

With that kind of laugh, no wonder he doesn't care about his employees.

[@hemantshimpi4436]

Ohh, that great history, recalled.

[@krishnarajbastola50]

Like

[@danieltan1040]

Oprah never realised that Jeff's mission is all about adding a teeny "-" to whatever figure is in her bank account. That means she has to pay it all back. Jeff is that symbol. You can live on taxpayer welfare from now on Oprah.

[@kzmOP]

Grt guy.

[@sangd4lang]

HEUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Ryan-fs2xj]

he is such a goober in this

[@kevingreen6452]

Cute sloth

[@airlebron7467]

Lmfao

[@hvuv]

wow bezos♥

[@HXLproductions]

Can we go back to ridiculing the guy

[@leonidacorrales3231]

Laught jajajaja

[@eliasadhana9158]

With all that money he should do something about that laugh 🤭

[@karelltulod3079]

Jeff Bezos $$$$Karell Sanchez Tulod=$2 Million=$=Karell Sanchez Tulod=$

[@rustyshakleford5230]

He is broke as a joke now.

[@dooug89]

Please put down the crack pipe

[@rustyshakleford5230]

@@dooug89 Jeff Bezos didn't have enough money to refund my last purchase I made with Amazon.

[@spanishlanguageeducational3737]

What an annoying laugh... goodness.