Interview: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos

Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, sat down with Henry Blodget at Business Insider's Ignition 2014 for an in-depth interview on a variety of topics.
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[@abhinashoram2356]

1.Focus on what you do...! 2. stress comes from lack of control. These two lines definitely win my heart.

[@jeremysanders9336]

Stress really comes from a lack of ability to accept and manage the fact that your span of control is limited.

[@Kaplan_Fx]

@@jeremysanders9336 thanks, that was a much better explanation

[@barrystevens5534]

Abhinash. Focus on what is most important to you. Not on someone that can only focus on wealth.

[@doctorpanigrahi9975]

Stress comes from a lack of results.

[@user-lj4cl9ik1m]

❤

[@fordtruck7896]

One of my favorite Bezos interviews. The interviewer did a FANTASTIC job. You can tell he came super prepared and kept Bezos on his feet without being overly critical.

[@jorgegomez524]

Ford Smith he couldnt be critical, i believe bezos owns business insider

[@Obtaineudaimonia]

I've just read the book 'The Everything Store' about Jeff and Amazon. It is very interesting to hear the views straight from Jeff's mouth rather than from a writer about him.

[@ThePrimeSpotcom]

+ObtainEudaimonia I'm learning about him today by watching his youtube interviews. And COMMENTS. Thanks for yours, I won't take the time to read it:)

[@SomethingSea1]

+KaRi ThePrimeSpot I've been listening to that exact book on the audible app off and on for about a month now and am halfway through. Then I was like, well why not hear it from the horse's mouth? I am so impressed! And the interviewer has both my annoyance and respect, because he pushed way too hard with the questions, but they are questions I've been dying to know Jeff's answer to them.

[@SomethingSea1]

I'm 30 min in.

[@Realizinq]

Guy made that book too early

[@49fiori]

since this interview the stock price of Amazon went up 150%

[@selectjed1]

dropping again tho

[@49fiori]

yes but 150% return in 18 months is not bad, or is it for you?

[@mattphelps4914]

JustOneLonelyKZbinr

[@OnlyMuzan]

Matt Phelps wouldn’t consider you a YTer if you don’t post...

[@brianoji4006]

Watched till the end and was excited to. The interviewer asked the questions; tough and playful and the answers were very insightful. Loved it.

[@maribethcondrillon1079]

Hello boss, I'm excited to meet you because you said I won't be rich until I fly to you. I know that the wealth is there when you keep the wealth. I want to know when I can get a green visa so I can travel. I won't be tired for working hard. and I'm happy that I went to workone people ruined my name for a long time If my reputation is preservedbut anyways that's how god is with me. thank you so much for the trust and hopefully I can come this year and excited to meet other bosses as well. more success and God bless

[@uyd]

Jeff's Key Words Customer Obsession Andy's key words...Compelling Customer Experience

[@alvarozerkowski3706]

I feel amazed of how he, even though a ceo of a huge corporation, still understands the importance of a good, lean operation.

[@ThePrimeSpotcom]

+Alvaro Zerkowski Lean as in - do they employ SixSigma(TM)? Their representatives are very polite and professional. So their hiring decisions seem right on.

[@SpliffSized]

Alvaro Zerkowski

[@dipakagrawal4006]

This interview is super nice. The interviewer actually let Jeff talk!

[@jacobleereed]

Really good interviewer, not afraid to ask tough questions! Kudos to Jeff Bezos for not shying away from them too.

[@zeea6507]

Awesome interview. One of the best brains in business.

[@akashdk1175]

omg i noticed one thing that jeff can stop his smile suddenly :))

[@animearmpits3060]

i love how business insider looks like a funiral director with the flowers and his suit

[@thegringobr2403]

3 years later, he´s the richest man on earth.

[@sparklingfashion6276]

not rich enough to fix his bald head

[@semedxelilof4014]

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[@stennsonn]

@@sparklingfashion6276 You call it a bald head, I call it sparkling fashion🌟

[@sparklingfashion6276]

StenSon my sister changed my names and I can’t change it back

[@emiliovergara4108]

6 years later, he gets 200 billion dollars

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

i see some potential in this guy

[@oaesan]

He is divorced now and he might be interested in a Bulgarian beauty. You never know. Hahahaha

[@Realizinq]

me too, if he works hard he could be rich!

[@cashisking7172]

Hubava...

[@danhhuynh291]

This talk show is very helpful and good idea for us to start a career in the future. Thank you for my best business man

[@charinahuot6699]

I really like to watch business TV talk show. I'm from Cambodia.

[@SHEIKH_WITH_INTELLECT]

Very nice man💖 , wish u sir, u progress more and more . Thanks for Amazon services . Myself Shahzeb Sheikh from India.

[@erikamachado5317]

Yes, the Fire Phone was a failure but I have a feeling in the future, like he said when it goes threw different iterations it will be a major OS contender against Android, IOS, and maybe Windows 10 mobile

[@TTimeTristan]

Erika Machado Windows Mobile is dead. I'm assuming someday, Amazon will take their place, and compete with Android and iOS.

[@adamlee9347]

Nope atleast not yet in 2019

[@rachaelandmicahmiles-grand1307]

Love you, i can't stop myself loving you. I get so hurt for you, seeing everything you go through and how people are to you. I love you so much, and your laugh. Sod everyone else for hurting your feelings, chin up x

[@martingabrielgonzalez9595]

HI, I USE THIS VIDEOS FOR PRACTICE MY EANGLISH, GOOD JOB

[@neemagsharma]

I have noticed that Business man/women are really very diplomatic...They speak something and think something else. They laugh a lot during the conversation to cover their weakness point.

[@maninblack9271]

Jeff has a distinct perspective on life, he is not easily sucked into mainstream way of thinking, but maintain and develop his approach to new things. He is a Bad Genius figure. and i wonder about the book, still.

[@JOYCE_AVANZ]

His emphasis on focus on the goal❤

[@smartypants1980]

My favories are my echo, my kindle for large print ebooks, and voice view in my fire tv, and customer service

[@alvarozerkowski3706]

Bezzos has guts and smarts. He has been able for so long to make the typical short-term investment environment to believe in the long-term. This is what building a business is all about.

[@ThePrimeSpotcom]

+Alvaro Zerkowski I'm thinking he's good a Delegation as well. He took a risk and sounds like he had an incredible support system in place. OWNERSHIP is key. Great for him and customers (you, friends, family, etc.)

[@tylerward9807]

empire* FTFY

[@snjdhzhzdjsjx4408]

blabla they fuckin morons

[@mxtw7910]

Really interesting interview

[@gerardoromero1827]

Encourage people to be bold. Su forma de pensar es sensacional. Quisiera que Bezos hablara espanol para que mucha gente pudiera entender lo que Bezos sabe.

[@johnnycashftw]

LOL interviewer is the ultimate troll

[@createddream7469]

Live him😄😁

[@aandwdabest]

You can say anything, whether good or bad, about Jeff Bazos, but he should definitely the most surging billionaire of this year...... His ranking skyrocketed into top five this year, from top 30 last year.

[@smartwater598]

Aren V LOL Jealous loser

[@Octovisuals]

Amazing. Love it. Very long AMZN.

[@TheNostalgicNerd]

"What really matters is that companies that don't continue to experiment, companies that don't embrace failure, they eventually get in a desperate situation where the only thing they can do is kind of make a kind of Hail Mary bet at the end of their corporate existence." Sounds very Meta, Jeff.

[@TheNostalgicNerd]

I looked at this comment and was like, 'Who the heck posted this?' and was like, 'Hey! That's me!' lol. I totally forgot I posted this comment

[@Ishavkhan]

why you introduce Prime? i think you should provide this facility with out prime to connect more and more customer

[@brianshen7763]

We change our tool and our tool change us. COULD SOME PLS tell me where this is from; absolute genius. Thank you.

[@nassymlouradi4141]

+Brian Shen maybe from Fight club?

[@thomaslau2362]

Jeff develop amazon to a big scale. Kudos and hats off to him.

[@thelasthourgetready]

Big?? Humongous

[@ThelleKristensen]

“You can hold a rock concert, and that's OK. You can hold a ballet, and that's OK. Just don't hold a rock on and advertise it as a ballet.” - Great quote!

[@vijitmathur6949]

Tell me about bezos secret Amazon so that I can followvit

[@faisalal-qahtani5112]

@@vijitmathur6949 secret? Secret to what?

[@atmant05]

@@faisalal-qahtani5112 secret to these nutz

[@Orf]

0:22 at least he announces massive conflict of interests up front

[@Emlane09]

He’s the reason I finally understand “shop till l drop” 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼🤣🤣🤣

[@user-bb2jl4xf3p]

즐겁지 않더라도 해야할 일이 있을때는 좋아하는 사람을 생각하고 해 봐요 즐거운 일이 잇을 꺼예요 화이팅! 아자! 아자!

[@icebur91]

This guy should make sure Associates get the respect they deserve at his company

[@ximplym369]

Such a smart guy a good role model his life story is such amazing! A good example of a successful person who worked hard that starts from small and now he's the richest person in the world. And he looks better as he gets older.

[@grizzlybear5316]

I love Jeff Bezos!!! You're my role model.

[@joseanthompson9069]

mines too.

[@stennsonn]

The interviewer was throwing shade the whole time about the stock price because he had vested interest from being an investor but the issue is that he has a scared scarcity mindset because he only sees the current price and thinks Jeff is failing when in reality he's investing his money into taking actions on the long term which includes money in to find the assets that will launche the companies stock price above anything its seen. And now he is the richest man in the world.

[@karanmadnani7723]

The interviewer we are talking about is the Editor in chief of Business Insider. He held the stock through the dot com bubble and the subsequent lean years as well. I think he believes in Bezos but is playing the Devil's advocate like most interviewers do.

[@juanpablosyoutube]

17:15 he's like, did you just roast me lol? the face of the guy on the left LMAOO

[@necebez6609]

I loved hearing this, because I believe that before being there is another time: I am not yet, but I am closer!

[@VibeWithSingh]

an interview worth watching. a lot of knowledge and big ideas.

[@Daggers008]

Tajinder Singh yup only beneficial if you're white.

[@VibeWithSingh]

Daggers008 I hope, you didn't mean what I think you mean.

[@hanshesse3917]

Good interviewer - asking reasonably tough questions, but could have used some more targeted follow-ups

[@jeambo]

Make a subtitles please

[@brycehurlbut3841]

“Can Amazon make money?” Bahaha

[@rachaelmiles8233]

I think your a very good business man and made a huge amount of money. Amazon is good with it's next day delivery and I have nothing against you or your company, hope you can see that, pressure is on.

[@ramonallenza5994]

Muy importante historia para la generacion venidera, y para toda persona interesada no importa la edad todo es tener el interes. Exitos Mr Jeff Bezos.

[@gerardoromero1827]

La inteligencia emocional explica el 50% del exito de Bezos. Nadie sabe de lo que es capaz si no lo intenta.

[@kigozialoyzius5182]

Indeed u're so inspiring jeff🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Realizinq]

thank you friend 💪🏼 i was his father figure growing up, he called me Papa. He grew up to be better than I ever expected

[@ionutboss1266]

11:04 walk backwords till you find something you can control Lower cost structures, reduce diffects at root some of the best reducing cost strategies 11:40 nu pot să cresc pretul la actiuni dar pot sa scad costul de x 14:52 think about fundamentals of the business not the daily fluctuation

[@myessyallyahamericus8405]

I am an artist. And certain things are not always apparent to me at first glance. Theres always a process that can be uncovered through trial to replicate a piece that's been produced . It's not impossible at that point to solve if its worth the spark.

[@SimplyMyAccount]

Investment is a trade off between risk and profit. Amazon isn't risky because they spend all their money on R&D. (This can be argued). But really why you invest in Amazon is because you want relatively low risk long term gains. The sum of profit in the short term is not equal to profit in the long term.

[@drewnation6055]

I need key points

[@rachaelmiles8233]

Jeff I think it's nice you help people that are homeless. Enjoy your day, I'm off to the hospital with my son, wish us luck.

[@eunjung2820]

Good luck 🙏

[@rampanda8276]

"My wife still likes me", oof, that didn't age well.

[@STTGames]

i JUST saw that happen now and decided to scroll down the comments xDD

[@rizzyrollex7941]

@@STTGames p

[@rachaelmiles8233]

We an wait.

[@JacquelineRoseSchlegel]

Lol

[@MrBooBeeDoo]

Timestamp?

[@tomroylance]

"My wife claims to still like me, I don't question her on that"

[@matrix-vl4im]

I worked at Amazon recently I can say not much has changed

[@randy4ii411]

Love the focus on reading and the importance thereof.

[@ozbekhanlive533]

Why I laugh every time when he laugh. His smile is so contagious 🤣 Now I know whom about talk Jim Carrey when he made fun to billionaires laugh

[@mazapanputrefacto3299]

Bezos is an incredible entrepeneur!

[@shivrajchoudhary5597]

These is very good video

[@deveshsingh9152]

No 1 washes a rental car is true for sure.....

[@kimberlyholyk9052]

3 years later, he´s the richest man on earth.

[@user-bb2jl4xf3p]

기쁜일이 많았으면 좋겠어요

[@rajasekharbille]

one mush have passion, he is..

[@user-bb2jl4xf3p]

우리 모두는 서로 사랑하며 살아가는거예요

[@marlenesoifer7219]

Time is of utter essence

[@WilliamGreenwood0407]

did they talk about this book, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone?

[@rachaelmiles8233]

Jeff, what are we doing with complaint

[@clifftondorroh8867]

Can you just imagine how fortunate his children must be just to be able to sit in the living room with Jeff Bezos as your dad and he’s just giving you FREE GAME ALL DAY LONG OMG !!!!!! Man some people are very blessed

[@techteam3111]

Or he just put in the work.

[@Ljosi]

​@@techteam3111 you can't be successful without being born with a high IQ. Your success is determined by your genes

[@shelv1]

I am confident that while this is plausible, it stands more likely he is no prophet of wisdom in his own home.

[@sreerajr6470]

36:07 yea when? It's almost 7 years after this interview came out.

[@jmartinez562]

This interviewer was Busting Jeff's Balls...Fantastic.

[@SomethingSea1]

38:26 WHO SAYS THAT OMG THIS MAN IS AWESOME

[@SomethingSea1]

+Patternicity He should advocate against United People's Slavery if he wants to claim being awesome. Bullying world round.

[@jarocla665]

Then you don't know shit about how this company runs

[@kartikeyarana5216]

Fantastic stuff!

[@user-on1xv5zs2q]

Спасибо за интересное видео.

[@user-bb2jl4xf3p]

자주 보니 이젠 아주 친숙해요 늘 있었던 사람처럼

[@Realizinq]

fr doe

[@RalyJoey]

"learning a lot... team is great... I'm very lucky...I get way too much credit..." I think I've heard these somewhere else, right, Richard Branson and Bill Gates and...

[@AakashKumar-pc1cr]

Jeff Bezos sir you are young people inspiration 😮😮😮

[@user-bb2jl4xf3p]

오늘 하루도 힘내고 열심히 보내세요

[@jamestalarico172]

I hate how Bezos puts such effort into his responses and gets no reception for his answers from the interviewer. Great answers though

[@dumitrucozma2348]

-Why do employees have to pay for launch and have low salaries? -Oh,employees don't need free massages but they really apreciate the campus and that they can open the windows. WTF dude? Its great that they have that,but why do they have to pay for launch and they have low salaries...They are not going to pay rent,food,clothing,bills,ensurance,medication,etc with windows oppeness FFS! It amazes me how people in the comments praise this guy.

[@happyicare5053]

Jeff my daughter was delighted with the order today😍😍😍😍😍😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@sonikakher5357]

Is there a direct number to be with

[@rachaelmiles8233]

Agreed

[@MyPerspectiveINC]

They need to work on amazons seller central customer service.

[@ProphetJRB]

Love you pops can't wait to see yah soon😫😢🤧💙💯

[@nicodangond9603]

My boy is terrified of bugs flying inside his mouth hahaha it's like its an Amazonian thing or something 🤣

[@aclark1197]

Thank God Rich commented I was falling apart maybe he will have some empathy.

[@ashokshingi6148]

"Billions of dollar of failures". Remember guys your magnitude of success depends on your depth of failures!!!!!!

[@rachaelmiles8233]

Jeff, I don't know why Mental Health in the UK are so against you, they didn't know about any connection between you and me. Rachael Miles

[@LopsidedPasta]

If $30 books are too expensive, why is that the average price of an Audible audiobook AFTER the 30% price cut?

[@rachaelandmicahmiles-grand1307]

Jeff, I've found some computer thing's of Mackenzie's, love you, x

[@BlackShogun1]

Km 5 months ago My son went from working hard on a hay farm to being a package driver for Amazon for one dollar more an hour. He loved it at first but that love quickly wore off. As he kept making his delivery time goals each week, they kept pushing him more and more without any bonuses. It was never good enough. He was working 12 hour shifts. He was exhausted, going up flights up stairs carrying packages daily. The better he was, they more they worked him until he completely gave out. Once he tripped on a step and he was terrified to tell management so he wouldn't get yelled at n get a mark against him or get fired. I cleaned his elbow and super glued his elbow skin together and put butterfly stitches on it send sent him back to work. A year later, after 2 years of no raises, tighter goals to meet, no recognition for safety, and reaching his goals, he gave up n quit.

[@isabelizzy9130]

God something better for him. The lesson most of the time is self worth. Once we become how valuable we are including time, the pursuit should be to fulfill with great passion and great ethics what we are blessed and good at we do: carpentry, electricity, barber, manicurist etc!! If we can work hard for other to earn income almost now days not enough…I am pretty sure we can work for out own selves. Discipline. Enjoy the journey. It’s your story make it beautiful 🦋❤️

[@rachaelmiles8233]

Jeff it's probably just luck that we have this link, I will be talking about it soonish.

[@rachaelmiles8233]

Jeff got Richard coming round around 3pm, with tablets, hoping one tablet doesn't go up

[@rachaelmiles8233]

Jeff what would you like the outcome to be of the nurses telling me to go after Amazon?

[@user-bb2jl4xf3p]

참 좋은 사람이예요 제프

[@JosephRosas1]

Great save from bezos at 16:20.. sharp man

[@mercury5073]

Yo Jeff Bezos has serious Lex Luther energy