Jeff Bezos In 1999 On Amazon's Plans Before The Dotcom Crash

[@sanjidnet]

Legend has it Jeff is still maintaining eye contact with the interviewer

[@SuperGrimfandango]

LOL!

[@jonathanr0824]

haha good 1

[@i6tir]

Even through his window, at night.

[@sanjidnet]

i 6tir lol yeah

[@badsanta2880]

Sanjid Rahman 😂

[@kmd4614]

If another guy explains his business plan with that kind of eye contact and belief, we better go buy some of his stocks.

[@cryptosavy9716]

Exactly, that man had determination in his eyes.

[@callumosullivan7546]

stone cold eye

[@serventmike521]

@@cryptosavy9716 He had no soul in his eyes.

[@tim2520]

Check the CEO and founder of Yext. I have not seen that passion and determination for a while now

[@futurevspast32]

Tesla spacex just to name a few

[@redrum3425]

Seems like a nice guy, hope his book company works out for him.....

[@Axe1524]

Yah I hope so too.

[@Error-_________________]

JMM he went bankrupt sadly

[@fachriandraya8747]

@GODESTINY bruh the only stupid people in this comment thread is the dude who doesn't get that everyone including op is joking (spoiler: it's you lmao)

[@MonkeyDIvan]

GODESTINY what‘s an rwosh?

[@Justin-ou6gq]

@@fachriandraya8747 You look more like an idiot here for the fact that you think someone unironically wrote that

[@Bdhacker101]

Interviewer: So Jeff, how did you meet your first wife? Jeff: *She was my first customer*

[@sroy7982]

Sounds sus😂

[@tevonbannister8179]

Ayoooo lmaoooo

[@DM-hm4us]

*I was her first customer

[@divakhaleesi8657]

Not true she helped him start the company

[@user-sz9ff6op8m]

Got me dead

[@wolfgangkeyser3970]

Jeff Bezos's mother: "OMG, he is about to say his first words!" 10 month old Jeff: "The key is customer service"

[@lordfarqward8227]

Loool

[@newsables5181]

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[@più_lento_28_13]

Lmaooo good one

[@rkrkrkrkrk111]

lmao😂💯

[@Musicsperfection09]

Lmaoo

[@phareaction]

How are you jeff? - it doesnt matter how i feel. but the question is: how does the customer feel?

[@quigon6838]

question is definitely not how do my employees feel

[@Mii.2.0]

@Dex4Sure They have higher minimum wage for sure, but nothing else. 🤔

[@Mii.2.0]

@Dex4Sure I didn't say they should be paid as much as the CEO...

[@martinvannostrand8488]

Jeff should ask “how does the worker feel?”

[@Rick-xx2ck]

@@martinvannostrand8488 It's one of the best paying low skilled jobs available. Level of pay is directly proportional to what an individual can produce in a free market capitalist economy. If one wants to make more money, they have to learn a skill that their employer finds more value in. Just like you wouldn't pay twice as much for the same television, an employer isn't going to pay twice as much for half the value. It just doesn't work out. People that whine about how much money Jeff Bezos is making vs. how much they are making, do not understand how much value he brings to the company. However, if one wants to make as much money as Jeff Bezos can simply follow his formula. Provide a service + Do it better than the competition by obsessing over customer satisfaction + repeat = successful business.

[@larslover6559]

Love him or hate him: a heck of a businessman.

[@jupiterjones3789]

He's the purest of all businsspeople, he analysed the market and the business sharply and acted on that

[@Cuckold_Cockles]

who cares?

[@businessmanager7670]

@@Cuckold_Cockles nobody cares about your comment. people do care about jeff bezos more than your random comment because of his achievements lol

[@js2009-g9f]

I’m a firm believer that a company that is obsessed with its customers shall never perish from the planet. There are just too many companies like most car dealership, want to do nothing but cheat their customers😂

[@rodd555]

One could argue he knew what he was talking about for sure

[@alisinarahimian4576]

He looks like a mix of Kevin Spacey and Nicholas Cage

[@limay6130]

alisina rahimian lol

[@helperboy5020]

on crack

[@rmondave]

Let's hope he controls his perverted temptations better than Kevin and his checkbook better than Cage :)

[@ElweEe]

More like Adam shifty shiff

[@discoverbitcoin4335]

Nailed it

[@ARon82]

I bought a $300 item off amazon that didnt offer returns. I called to complain I didnt like the item and they just told me to keep it and gave me a full refund. I was amazed.

[@EvanandDevan]

#anthonyron82 they thrive off giving refunds. I thought I lost three packages once but they were in the front office. They refunded everything and gave me a credit so I bought more stuff. Genius in giving away free things as long as you don’t get too greedy 😩😩

[@jake3736]

#anthonyron82 that's why they're as big as they are

[@gninja92]

They can take the loss because for every one person like you they have a million that don't complain

[@SM-sb4tr]

I ordered a pack of 6 small jars of hazelnut butter. One of them ended up cracked (I presume during delivery). I complained to amazon about this and they told me to keep the rest and sent over a new 6 pack

[@BMDecipher]

The shipping costs probably doesn't make it worth it to ship it back.

[@navjotrehal9423]

The way he answered all the questions is just amazing. Every word on point.

[@fabiankuntzig6507]

that

[@christophersmith49]

he is smart guy

[@ryanking6915]

Jeffs Wife: Honey i just got in an accident, its bad. Jeff: Is the customer ok?

[@andrephillips7764]

😂😂😂

[@Zionx77]

His wife divorced him like a year ago bud

[@mariotoralescamacho9746]

Omg I started choking cuase of you 😂

[@BoyDanny93]

😂🤣😂 its unfortunately true and sad

[@theempowerer5718]

Septic r/whoooosh

[@darev6780]

One of Jeff's eyeballs is looking at his customers. The other is looking for new customers.

[@leogonentertainment2024]

I almost spat my water out reading this.

[@thebeechs155]

my god 😂

[@jagdeepsingh9515]

Underrated 😂

[@J4YAH777]

🤣🤣🤣

[@MrMentalSoul]

lmao, such an underrated comment

[@PiyushBhakat]

Jeff's wife: "He's probably thinking about other girls" Jeff: *The key is customer service*

[@peaches3208]

Lmao dude😂

[@hozey777]

Neither is wrong..

[@RaulMartinez-gd3pw]

He was definitely thinking of other women lol

[@anirudh1835]

You watch death note?

[@PiyushBhakat]

@@anirudh1835 Yes, I've watched it twice. I'm into other anime as well.

[@shayneoneill1506]

The interesting thing about amazon is at this point people still percieved them as a small online book store. But 3000 employees and a million+ sq feet of distro centers, in *1999* is huge, for the time.

[@HONORTONUMERIC123]

Yup.... That's right....

[@B0R0M1R]

almost feels like they wanted to keep amazon low profile, so retail investors wouldn't buy stocks in order to profit off of it...

[@stevew3947]

Just like Tesla today

[@Adam-uz3hj]

@@stevew3947 Tesla has 100k employees and 100s of billions in market cap wtf are you on about lmao

[@stevew3947]

@@Adam-uz3hj come back to this comment in 2055 and see how it aged.... that would be the correct comparison to the one above....

[@icedcoldkilla]

Employee: Am I fired? Jeff: No, you're promoted to customer.

[@mavevictor]

the best 🤣 i'll save it for my portfolio

[@ChibDibs]

lmao

[@emmaphilo4049]

Lollll

[@sarah_lee5150]

😂😂😂😂

[@Zach-lw5ii]

lmfao this actually made me laugh. best one

[@joshuajethro]

There is absolutely NO GOOD REASON to have music over an interview.

[@dontreldontrel416]

Makes it a little more dramatic kinda like the WWE stars come out to entry music or a soap opera with intense music. Just to dramatize it up a bit

[@nickc9070]

Before 2000, I’m ok with music over interview. Especially a tech interview

[@AnonYMouse-ky4sg]

joshuajethro This music doesn’t work and is way too loud. If you watch well-made documentaries, interviews usually have music over it and it’s much better imo, it makes it seem more dramatic and interesting. Well-made docs are also more fast paced than this however.

[@Spotter000]

@@AnonYMouse-ky4sg are u paying attention to what's being said ? If yes then the music is not loud in my opinion .. his voice level is clearly way above it ...

[@AnonYMouse-ky4sg]

Kid Yetti The point is not that his voice is just loud enough to drown out the music, the music shouldn’t even be noticeable unless you’re looking for it. It’s the same reason something like metal isn’t used for background music most of the time for example.

[@moshekatchen2052]

Interviewer: “Jeff, you are now tackling climate change is that right?” Jeff: “Yes of course. Without the planet, there would be no customers.”

[@gabrielgonzalez5791]

Not even that, you can see a change in his voice and ego... he’s disgusting

[@cis4cawky275]

He's a Matrix Robot

[@itdepends5906]

I DIED laughing

[@Dsksea]

@@gabrielgonzalez5791 someone's jelly.

[@humanperson8418]

@@Dsksea I think it's pretty unlikely that anyone here is jelly. How exactly would jelly use a computer?

[@vpwl]

Based on this interview, Jeff was at least 10 years ahead in thinking of what e-commerce could be one day

[@noahmcdaniel4920]

It's strange it shouldn't have surprised anyone, it makes perfect sense that it became the future of retail. People don't deal with change well and couldn't see through their biases to think logically about it. I'm sure smart people everywhere knew what was coming and they're probably all rich now.

[@siqklinx2021]

More like 20 years. Nobody doing what they're currently doing. Perhaps for another 5 years.

[@noahmcdaniel4920]

@x regarding some things, sure. If you understand something it’s not that hard to see what kind of place it will likely have in the world in the future. The problem is most people plugged their ears whenever anyone told them the internet was the future of retail. They were so incredulous about their norms changing that they failed to see the utility of the internet.

[@joshuaprieto9336]

@Ron Bali crypto is the future for banking. Why would you want to pay extra fees and have it arrive in a couple days rather than having no middle man and arrived in Seconds. It’s more efficient but I don’t know people want to stick to the traditional way I guess?

[@marine2tough]

@@joshuaprieto9336 Executions fees for Bitcoin were up to $50 per transaction when you made this comment.

[@desimo147]

You could just see the drive and determination within him during this interview to turn Amazon into what it is today. I bet he was working 100 hr weeks back in those days.

[@hahaha5637]

yeah, he's both focused and intelligent, I don't why people laugh at him about repetitively saying customers, he's doing the right thing

[@cazkeymekam6427]

I bet it hurts the interviewer buying stuff off Amazon now.

[@FollowTheTrend798]

I don't think they could have predicted the outcome

[@Succadeez]

@@FollowTheTrend798 he kept trying to tho

[@shreekantgaikwad5601]

It doesn't matter... Interviewer might be a happy customer of Amazon

[@kurtwatson9039]

Of course, you’re assuming he didn’t die of embarrassment years ago...

[@globetrotter1002]

it is not mandatory to buy on Amazon ....

[@OhItsDared]

"The key is customer service." Ends up the richest man on earth.

[@lunarmodule6419]

Amen!

[@leanbeefcake]

Comcast: I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that.

[@QueenetBowie]

“You’re telling me you’re going to take on the established retail industry? How are you going to compete with an indestructible retail giant like Sears huh? With no experience, you might as well take on the astronaut business with no experience..” “Hmmm....”

[@rajashahja8975]

that says a lot about the rest of losers , the 99%er humans

[@amitgarg8393]

by sucking blood of sellers and Customers :D

[@KoryoJK]

20 years later, Jeff Bezo's donated millions to the homeless not because they're starving, but because one day, they too can become customers.

[@Hellsking]

so money can make you younger to

[@dr.franxx6192]

Damn right

[@mikewells4632]

Is he making slaves ?

[@todd6564]

The 100mill donated-equivalent of a person earning 50 thou a year donating 50 bucks lol

[@jamfountain8702]

Damn!!! That's a wild concept

[@g5realestate280]

He gets Oscar for the best eye contact. 👍😊

[@alg5534]

His laugh too

[@jackhansen7305]

I think the eye contact would be Ritalin or the like ahaha

[@omegaman1409]

With his worth he is already ordering a castration on the comment.

[@ryanbinder1294]

​@@jackhansen7305 hes clearly terrifying

[@ryanbinder1294]

He's simply mad. A couple a yams out of the mind chap

[@massojupiter3436]

Jeff looks like he is waiting for the interviewer to say one negative thing about the customers so he can start swinging.

[@anonymooh]

lmao

[@osmantoplica8912]

Lmaaao

[@jaeSoonerTheBetter]

🥇

[@Kulob_2025]

😂😂

[@JuanMedina-ll5lr]

He’s about to get these hands with free shipping

[@articledon4880]

This interviewer sounds like a real non believer. He probally wishes he bought that amazon stock now

[@themiddlekingdom9121]

You meant ...the interviewer wished he had bought the Amazon stock when it became public traded company in 1997.

[@OphiuchiChannel]

He almost looked human.

[@articledon4880]

TheMiddleKingdom yes. I was saying that he wishes now that he had bought then

[@themiddlekingdom9121]

@@articledon4880 Oh......... and only if he a really discipline investor, as a long....very long term investor.....like Warren Buffet.

[@sweetlildevil7597]

Maybe he begged them not to show his face because he feels so humiliated now lol

[@ngdnhtien]

Every time he blinks he earns 1 million dollars.

[@ePlayablez]

he would have a lot less money than he has now if that were the case..

[@TJ_Travels1]

Underrated comment

[@Mii.2.0]

He makes about 300 million a day, a few thousand dollars a second, and the other day, because of stocks, Jeff Bezos has earned up to $13 billion in a single day. O_O

[@VIPK9]

$149,353 per minute holy cow

[@james2091991]

@tatagimpera games 💯 in 2020 aswell! 🤦‍♂️

[@Donut-tell-all]

Jeff represents every aspiring business person who is goal oriented, has clear vision, and who is enthusiastic about starting their business. The interviewer represents every doubting self-absorbed critic who think that they know better.

[@curioustrades]

As Sam Walton once said "There is only one boss: the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company, from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else." Those who excel put their customers first.

[@lbuday]

"In the long term there is no diference between customer interests and shareholder interests"

[@TagmakersCoUk]

YES... one of my favourite Walton quotes too. Another one I like is when the stock market crashed in 1987. Walton was visiting one of his stores (he spent a LOT of time in the stores talking to regular customers) and the store was buzzing with customers. Outside in the parking lot, as he was getting into his beaten-out station waggon, a journalist approached him and asked: "Mr Walton, your stock holding just devalued by $2 billion... what do you have to say about it?" Walton pointed to the door of the store where people were entering and leaving: "There's the value... going in keen, and coming out happy. Stock?... it's just paper."

[@FeatheredBiped23]

@UsualVinity lol nobody cares about minimum wage employees, If they think they deserve better treatment while doing a minimum wage work, they should honestly look for better jobs.

[@deracks8183]

Victor Sanchez Customers can be dumb. How can one company with no competition be good for the economy or the country.

[@sapito169]

in free market we trust

[@alexanderblanco3518]

interviewer: you cant just disrupt every industry jeff bezos: hold my shminternet

[@davidcorrea4686]

😭😭

[@westechmedia4567]

😂😂😂

[@DanielNyong]

IBrainedMyDamage lmao cost him 34 billion

[@grmbtl]

:D :D :D

[@norpriest521]

@Shajara Wtf is shminternet

[@Joshohoho]

The interviewer probably can't sleep normally now.

[@RabbitConfirmed]

he traumatised

[@mikespiano190]

The questions were rational given the context of the time, internet companies in general were seen as risky endeavors and this was on the eve of the Y2K crisis, which was also a rational fear. I’d sleep well knowing I got to interview one of the now most successful CEOs in the world especially when no one had really any idea it was going to end up being this significant

[@CDFortsonIII]

Yeah I couldn’t tell if the interviewer was clueless or was asking valid, hard-hitting questions. 20 years later and Bezos looks like an absolute madman wrapped in pure genius and we hardly recognize true journalism.

[@Pokemonrasta1998]

Hahaha, I know right!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@teknacious]

lololololol

[@burdine0]

That’s what truly believing in yourself look like.

[@fossil_blue_zx2]

He looks like Kevin Spacey

[@timsrs8863]

This is what I thought. Rarely seen such confidence

[@유예찬-o2j]

Yeah

[@tommyleekirby]

Jeff: Customer Service Interviewer: Yeah, but... Jeff: Customer Service Interviewer: Right, but... Jeff: Customer Service Interviewer: Customer Service? Jeff: Customer Service *genius*

[@shaynewilliams4482]

best comment on this video.

[@handofstand]

@@alexl6229 Oh, Jeff and his math...

[@jakeyzealous4907]

The funny thing is that (now) their seller customer service is absolutely terrible. All outsourced to countries like the Philippines who cannot answer simple customer service questions. Shockingly bad in my experience in the UK

[@handofstand]

@@jakeyzealous4907 Comcast does it too

[@handofstand]

@@jakeyzealous4907 My point is that all the big companies do this anymore after a while, and that they have phone people in the Philippines may not be an indicator of quality as far as customer service goes I've gotten someone here in the USA (the country I live in) half the time when I have to call Amazon for something

[@syk9855]

Look how innocent Jeff bezos used to look. He now looks like Lex Luther.

[@marcozolo3536]

steve kno you have to understand this was in a time before he had met or was aware of Superman. Can you really blame him? 😂

[@JulienTJ]

@@marcozolo3536 Before he met El-on Musk 🚀

[@anddudewaslike]

he looked "older" with his hair still back then than he does now. It's like he was a weird Kevin Spacey

[@mohitoBhau5499]

He is Lex Luthor, Mark Zuckerberg is Braniac, Vladimir Putin will become Vandal Savage hahahah

[@DirtySocrates]

It's called money

[@Efex1996]

Very interesting to see that Jeff back then looked at the internet in a very different way than the interviewer. Jeff saw back then the internet as a tool to provide the best customer service, while the interviewer (in my opinion) looked at the internet as the product it self.

[@daninmckinney]

100%

[@daninmckinney]

The interviewer sounded to have doubt in JB - smh

[@Bruce_Peters]

Not really. Jeff did a 180. First he said "internet shmitter-net" and then 5 minutes later admitted that having an internet business would allow Amazon to scale much faster with less overhead. The interviewer was basically making the point that the business model of "great customer service" is nothing unique. Everyone claims that.

[@icedcoldkilla]

Interviewer: youre losing hair jeff Jeff: i gave it to my customers

[@may4081]

😭

[@patricksyngre]

🤣😂😂😂😂😂

[@evanjanko5975]

All about the customer service

[@Learnsteno44654]

😂

[@fynkozari9271]

Its true, he cares more about customers more than employees. I watched the news. Why cant he care for both?

[@thedarkfrost2351]

I’ve never seen a man speak with such conviction. His eye contact is ridiculous

[@amex4453]

I know right, like wtf is up with his left eye? Oh wait...

[@mccursedwallpapers7296]

Jeff Mentos is a robot 😂

[@Mii.2.0]

@@mccursedwallpapers7296 Mmmmmmm, Mentos...🤤

[@jays951]

He really believed in Amazon that’s why today it is so successful.

[@Fishoilification]

It's called cocaine

[@epoch707]

jeff bezos is a genius. The interviewer was caught in the times thinking about the "internet" and tech boom. Amazon focused on the the customer experience and focused on delighting the customer. What a great business

[@RobertRaubenheimer]

But it's like he said, it wasn't about the internet... that was only the channel they used. The customer experience was the grand focus so at the end of the day what do you attribute the success of Amazon to? The internet and e-commerce? Or do you attribute the meteoric rise of the internet and e-commerce to Amazon's customer orientation?

[@santhoshm2559]

@samuel lee say something new ... everyone knows what to have said ...

[@kieranbetts222]

@@RobertRaubenheimer I attribute Amazon's Success to the Human race tendency for idleness. Not to mention the positive benefit for some people of not having to socially interact with anybody else.

[@mattmarkus4868]

@@RobertRaubenheimer It' not either-or. It's both the focus on customer experience AND the ability to control costs (ie., keep prices low) by using the internet channel. Amazon wouldn't exist without both of those (the latter being more important).

[@mattmarkus4868]

@ISOHaven that's how all businesses should be run. what happened to the standards

[@studyobject]

his vision was very clear and he was answering the questions directly even though the interviewer was trying to twist his arm

[@cameroncooper5195]

Vision's gotta be clear with that stare

[@RusuSilva]

It's sad how difficult things have become in the present generation. I was wondering how to utilise some money I had. I used some of it for e-commerce business, but that sank. I'm thinking of how to use what's left to invest, but I don't really know which way to go.

[@RichardMoore-jg5tl]

Yeah, things may be hard right now, but I've come to realize both bear and bull market, recessions and economic boom, all provide opportunities to make high gains, I used to call bluff on folks that bragged about making a fortune from such down-markets until I happened to do so myself

[@RossiPopa]

I've been working with a financial advisor since 2020, and I return up to 15k every month, and I don't even have to lift a finger. Although I also think the reason I make this much is because I started with significant capital.

[@FusunTumsavas-cq7tp]

That makes a lot of sense. To be on the safer side and not second guess your market decisions, I’d suggest you reach out to a proper investment adviser for guidance, they’re better equipped at understanding market patterns/movements and adjusting portfolio to match up with these market trends

[@RossiPopa]

Amber Michelle Smith is the licensed advisor I use. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.

[@FusunTumsavas-cq7tp]

I looked up her name online and found her page. I emailed and made an appointment to talk with her. Thanks for the tip

[@ItalianFoodBoss]

The hostility in the interviewer's voice and tone is incredible. Jeff's responses never lose focus from the key messages he wants to communicate. This guy will go far!!!! 🤣

[@dcgo44r]

That was "textbooks" handled... I guess because knowing that much about books then!

[@ItalianFoodBoss]

Jeff Bezos pulled a great response off. No doubt.

[@pepito9112]

One might say he’s offering the interviewer great customer service...

[@thekub32]

@@pepito9112 No. One might not say that because it does not make any sense.

[@davidbarth80]

Well predicted 4 months ago.

[@user-lu6yg3vk9z]

Interviewer: Well you divorced your wife? Jeff: Well, I had to do it. She was talking smack about the customers.

[@awttotudokuzy2160]

😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@estheryayaba]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Jdjfbficjenenwk3736]

marriage shmarriage

[@Chinnnnuz]

🤣🤣🤣👌@@Jdjfbficjenenwk3736

[@quicktemper]

hhahahahahahahaha

[@KTF7324]

Interviewer: What side of the bed do you sleep on? Jeff: There is only one side of the bed... the customers side.

[@garrett1123]

😂😂😂

[@Fractoide]

one of the best versions of that comment!

[@joyandpeacefullaughter5307]

Where the money resides.

[@gregjohnson84]

Fantastic!

[@airplaneseatingsupervisor5230]

lol so funny. I like the part where he outsources the jobs to places with slave labor. So good for our childrens future!! Keep watching cable TV!

[@Stephlovespinkk]

His eye contact shows his excitement about the future. He is the Albert Einstein of our time. His confidence is amazing! The internet was so new at that point and it shows how exciting it was. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and being confident in your vision, even in a time when no one understood

[@lunarmodule6419]

He did not SEE the future, he MADE the future!

[@TheWaldocrazy]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[@lunarmodule6419]

@@TheWaldocrazy I know 😉

[@jovaniperez1443]

Yeah, You Can Tell He Did A Lot Of Hard Work And Research On It, Thus Explanes Why He Has Detective Columbo Eyes.

[@jovaniperez1443]

Ravenerpo I Know, It's A Pet Pee Of Mine

[@salembeats]

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

[@k.g7900]

And Amazon still believes and follows these principles. Amazing that these were laid down long ago right at the start

[@raunakthakur317]

93 times """customer service "" in 7 minutes video That's the formula for becoming billionaire

[@nauxsi]

It's the formula for anyone who wants to succeed at life whether you are a manager or a janitor. Serve people, help them overcome their problem/need.

[@arnabmahapatra7434]

I counted 94 times

[@mattmulvihill]

Count how many times he blinked?

[@snuke2703]

Somebody make a supercut of this

[@peterdine6601]

And exploiting millions of people.

[@anthonykennedy5324]

Customer-focus. Spot on. Amazon has set the benchmark for customer service. This is the viewpoint of this Australian. Next day delivery-for free ! I'm still amazed. The stock market agrees with me.

[@mito88]

it's a strategy, operating at a loss for years to gain market. that was bezos' bet, and he won. unprofitable year after year, investing in the future.

[@anthonykennedy5324]

Yes, an unbelievable strategy. Only the American market could fund the strategy. Now Amazon is a marketplace as well as a delivery system. Buffett has achieved the same end by not paying dividends.@@mito88

[@jomega3751]

he win the staring contest?

[@GlenESton]

you win post contest

[@dionysus649]

Lmfao

[@amdiosco6332]

You lose grammar contest?

[@jomega3751]

Yes i did.

[@Defy_Convention]

Win contest did he.

[@abefroman8528]

The interviewer thinks he knows more than Bezos. Beyond hilarious 20 years later

[@jrrrrk]

Clearly a pseudo-intellectual socialist cynic. No offense cause my father is one

[@Caracazz2]

@@jrrrrk respect your father

[@Lapestebubbonica]

@@jrrrrk correct

[@michaelmappin1830]

Not necessarily. A good interviewer has to assume what kind of questions are going to be on the mind of the average individual.

[@guyeshel9316]

It being said the interviewer still asks people if they are not arrogant...

[@RobinVL]

Internet, Shminernet. -Jeff Bezos 1999

[@outside1473]

@Kevin Prima lmaoo

[@sneed7123]

"the internet? is that thing still around?"- Homer Simpson

[@tomt4569]

@Ali Lavska It basically means, "Who cares?"

[@dbz739921]

@Kevin Prima get a life David Lee Roth😉

[@jamesbond8348]

An amazing quote if you ask me!

[@ravend5595]

Interviewer: do have any friends ,jeff? jeff: I have customers

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

or frienstomers, if you will

[@warnpassion]

Interviewer: "do you have any girlfriends?" Bezos: "I have customers."

[@PodcastClips23969]

Do you love your kids Jeff? They’re my employees I pay them with stock options

[@superbenbenhahaha]

I think this guy is going to be be successful someday

[@edwardbatista7920]

At the time of the interview he was already a billionaire

[@sinhafamily]

Yeah, I have the same feeling. Let's see in about 20 years.

[@jasinbiggs7189]

Are you people stuck in 1996? Reminds me of when my grandma wants to see my dog. I always tell her shut up grandma hes been dead for 20 years now

[@jsoncoding1025]

u commeted a week ago

[@Noel-wt9qo]

GOD Omg you dummy! He’s the richest man in the world.... he’s already successful!! I can’t believe people as dumb and uneducated as you exist

[@kevinlopez6395]

"So Jeff would you forgive your wife if she cheated?" "Well as long as it was with the customer and for the customer's best interest yes I can."

[@user-pn6cy6wg7n]

😂 lol

[@arkhamknight4343]

🤣🤣🤣

[@sonicfish3827]

lol!!!!

[@yzyzyz44]

Lmao

[@championundefeatable811]

cnt stop laughing, pls god

[@aoutsky]

Jeff looks for customers under his bed before he goes to sleep.

[@dr.s4064]

Yes and sometimes he hides on the the customer's bedstand as Alexa

[@lucacristian5919]

That’s just genius

[@ze2004]

hahahha

[@joyandpeacefullaughter5307]

😂😂

[@bur-ger]

LMAO!

[@cardbored_]

It’s funny how the interview is almost questioning Jeff in a way that is almost doubtful. Crazy to think how much of a monolith Amazon is now.

[@TheZebJohnson]

Interviewer: So why do you want to go to space Jeff? Jeff: To look out at all the customers!

[@markothwriter]

To look down on the customers and employees

[@LethalMartialArtist]

this made me laugh!😂

[@2ganch]

LOL LMAO.... I LAUGHED SO GOOD WITH ONE LOL

[@nikitaross9868]

I laughed so hard. Too funny🤣🤣🤣

[@blifx]

Lmao

[@TroutButter]

INTERNET SHMINERNET!

[@fubar12345]

If you say it 100 times, you end up saying 'ERIC SCHMIDT' (X files theme plays)

[@B-RaDD]

You heard it here first

[@doggies.will.be.doggies]

@Abraham Shekelbergstien what a stupid last name

[@HIMYMTR]

@@doggies.will.be.doggies that's antisemitic

[@doggies.will.be.doggies]

@@HIMYMTR Are you high or something?

[@MichaelBarrett1984]

“With all due respect” = I’m about to insult you

[@michellrosamonte9665]

A Clueless MBA

[@michellrosamonte9665]

Can anyone please help me find the name of this interviewer? I need to contact him

[@jerraytomlinson]

This focus and execution is insane. The fact that amazon is what it is now. Wow, just wow.

[@jqpublic3104]

I need to find me a woman who looks at me the way Jeff looks at his customers.

[@agent6567]

0:30 Eye contact is key!

[@rubenaguero7342]

llmfao🤣🤣🤣

[@simonboucher5170]

He looks likes nicolas cage xD

[@codered4422]

Greta Thunberg

[@abotariq257]

@@codered4422 hhhh

[@Letsberealguys]

This interviewer wanted Jeff to fail so badly.

[@uzoramadi5514]

I don't really think so. I feel that he was just doing his job and asking the questions that a lot of investors who were probably on the fence needed to ask, to be convinced enough to invest in Amazon. I mean, if you were going to give him your hard earned money, then it is really important that you see him look you in the eye and answer those hard questions with the kind of belief that he did.

[@MadOrange644]

The questions were relevant at that point in time

[@fightttttt]

@@uzoramadi5514 asking tough questions is good but can be tasteless if you dont have any positive questions seems like an attack/ambush

[@dylanness2003]

Uzor Amadi well you’re wrong because the interviewer said he didn’t like jeff

[@dotch8774]

You guys are all roasting him, but he was obviously right

[@dotch8774]

@big heart How is he corrupt? The system that he can play is corrupt, he does what any intelligent person would do. Change the system, not the intelligent player.

[@dearkokum]

Of course, but once he achieved his monumental success (some of it because of his great idea (it WAS great), but most of it because he heavily exploits a corrupt system), we realize he is wrong.

[@DoesThisWork888]

@big heart As much as you don't like it, billionaires are creating better world ( not all ), but most.

[@humanperson8418]

@@dearkokum It's a business like any other. Their job is simply to maximise profit. There is monetary incentive for having a great idea, providing strong customer satisfaction, and milking employees for everything they're worth. There isn't any monetary incentive for morals or ethics, and honestly that's not the job of a business. Their job is simply to provide a great product for customers, in order to earn the biggest profit. That doesn't mean that morals or ethics aren't important. They are. Its just not the business that should worry about that. Its the governments responsibility to make sure businesses are acting in an ethical way. Businesses have to do what ever they can to make the most profit. Otherwise they'll anger the share holders, be open to competitors, and die. If something a business is doing is unethical, then the government must impose smart regulations and taxes e.g. carbon tax & increased minimum wage. Its the job of the citizens to lobby, vote, and protest to try and get these through.

[@AbdirahmanMedias]

Indeed

[@TammereMusic]

I love this interview, the way the interviewer almost combats what Jeff’s saying makes an entertaining conversation.

[@Son-of-Krypton]

Bezos was 20 years ahead in his mind how shopping will work....that distribution centers and shipping process is the future....he knew that ....why he is first 100 Billion $ ceiling breaker !

[@arturopichardo2686]

Shiraz S. Concider inflation on those 100B though

[@fuckgoogleforever]

@@arturopichardo2686 Yeah he's definitely way up there but if inflation is accounted for there's a few higher than him.

[@LNLBD]

Nobody can beat the Rotshilds though.

[@shaynewilliams4482]

Yea just cause your little daddy at forbes said so doesn't make that true my man LOL. There are arabian oil magnates worth like 700 billion right now. He didn't do anything new when it comes to money earned. Successful? yes. The most successful? no. The first to reach this success? absolutely not.

[@nauxsi]

@@shaynewilliams4482 oil comes out the ground. He had to build this company before there was infrastructure around. He has done well.

[@jorges8623]

He is literally telling this guy the key to life and the interviewer just don’t want to hear it. My mind is blown Bezos knew this in 1999.

[@niccoloaurelius1587]

It's amazing to me looking back, realizing how successful he was even then.

[@socrates_the_great6209]

Intelligent man.

[@tylercouture216]

Crazy that it was this prominent back then and shows how the internet wasn't accessible to everyone because I didn't have a clue the internet offered that much range in 99' my goodness late 90a 2000a internet era was so cool

[@foncode101]

Young Bezos at the mall for the first time... "Wow, look at all these customers"

[@-chris2259]

😂

[@freq32]

lol

[@cryptonews5943]

😂😂😂

[@stevejobs6396]

Underrated Comment!

[@2222alexi]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@tosika499]

Internet schminternet Best response 🤣 Interviewer couldn't see the bigger picture

[@Madzguy007]

Jeff Bezos knew exactly what his vision was. The interviewer didn’t understand nothing about it

[@iRaps1]

No, with all due respect, the interviewer would serve no purpose if he'd just agree with Bezos. Interviewers ask challenging questions not because of their particular beliefs, but to produce interesting answers.

[@Madzguy007]

@@iRaps1 Thing is, he didn't ask any challenging questions. He just didn't understand anything. He couldn't even understand the basic concept of saving cost by having distribution centres instead of stores.

[@jakewestin4176]

@@Madzguy007 of course the interviewer understands 😂 he's an industry expert. It looks like YOU don't understand. He's asking provoking questions to get responses to market sentiment that was relevant to the time. The interviewers job is to challenge someone and for the sake of the program. And yes, questioning the longevity and viability of their business model is challenging

[@ÁzsiábaSzakadtam]

@@jakewestin4176 all he did was trying to stress that Amazon had brick and mortar stores therefore not "pure" internet company. Wtf that matters? Without internet, there's no Amazon. He could not understand that in the business model the costliest part of the business was replaced by the website (retail units with rents, electric consumption and staff wages). To access huge crowds this was brilliant. No wonder Jack Ma copied it once the political situation allowed him to do so.

[@noobmaster5434]

dude... he is just a reporter

[@juiceboxer]

Why do all the most famous business people used to look like characters in the first season of the office.

[@3089280288]

because they don't care about looks as long as the business looks good

[@kevintemido]

Because humans were created by the office

[@jramirez9834]

Because they're aliens 👽

[@PoisonHeadcrab2]

Because they only got famous after decades of very successful work, which is why footage of them at their workplace in the 90s exists. There they of course have that 90s office clothes and style in general, which you associate with The Office, because the style became so cliché it was inserted into the show purposefully for comedic effect.

[@krismine99]

Because it was the 80's, 90's and early 2000's when they got famous

[@surajanshrestha5502]

Jeff probably said the word "customer" at least more than 10 times in this interview. "IN THE LONG TERM, THERE IS NO MISALIGNMENTS BETWEEN SHAREHOLDER INTERESTS AND CUSTOMER INTERESTS." - This line is GOLD.

[@the_great_dreamer4762]

Jeff’s wife: “darling, I cheated on you” Jeff: “Does he buy on Amazon?” Jeff’s wife: “Nope, He buys on Ebay” Jeff: “noooooooooooooo”

[@sroy7982]

*Coughed my drink😂

[@ryandolinar2623]

The difference Entrepreneur: Optimist Interviewer: Pessimist

[@SamaeIKing]

Entrepreneur: Results maker Interviewer: Excuses maker. Here, fixed it for you

[@SamaeIKing]

@Bogdanoff x your world view to be exact.

[@ryandolinar2623]

@@SamaeIKing Good way to put it!

[@gfoot9916]

The interviewer was doing his job. Or would you rather every interviewer be soft and let the next Theranos slip through their fingers?

[@tiborvisi7438]

The interviewer is an employee. That says it all. He has no idea of how business works.

[@DaoQui]

"I'm done with this hair stuff, I'm gonna grow money instead"

[@joec1520]

Best comment

[@corporateraider9766]

Lol

[@AintPopular]

amazon shmamzon

[@rmstitanic8607]

He never said that

[@rafiulhaque2838]

Saitama of Business

[@ShooterMcG949]

“Internet Shminternet” -World’s richest man Jeff Bezos (3 months later Elon Musk becomes the world’s richest man)

[@Wellicats]

He reminds me of the guy in Princess Bride!!! "Inconceivable"

[@citrous]

The worlds richest man is vladimir putin

[@DawidDgk]

@@citrous not he's not ;)

[@citrous]

@@DawidDgk probably is

[@justarandomhandlewithnomeaning]

XD

[@markconley3877]

The most important thing that should be on everyone mind currently should be to invest in different sources of income that doesn't depend on the government. Especially with the current economic crisis around the word. This is still a good time to invest in various stocks, Gold, silver and digital currencies....

[@canary7361]

The decision to invest is an acknowledgment that comes with certain risks. Not all investments will do well and some may lose money. However, without risk there would be no opportunity to potentially earn the higher returns that can help you grow your wealth.

[@susanhaynes679]

@@canary7361 I agree with you and I believe that the secret to financial stability is having the right investment ideas to enable you earn more money, I don’t know who agrees with me but either way I recommend either real estate or bitcoin and stocks.

[@ericchk102]

I keep wondering how people earn money in financial markets, i tried trading bitcoin on my own made a huge loss and now I'm scared of investing more.

[@markconley3877]

@@ericchk102 That won't bother you if you trade with a professional like *Mr Gary Mason Brooks* my coach, you may have come across him on interviews relating to bitcoin. He trades, manage trading account and offer mentorship program for clients who wish to become professional investors.

[@ericchk102]

@@markconley3877 You allow people to trade for you? that's interesting, I would love to learn, hope it’s safe?

[@Alex-zx7gh]

Interviewer: How are you doing Jeff? Jeff : The key is customer service!

[@KaliLife619]

What are you having for lunch Jeff? Jeff: What does the customer want me to eat?

[@jacoblandfield2526]

Apparently gold bullion

[@awttotudokuzy2160]

Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@awttotudokuzy2160]

Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheBabygirlnj]

hahaha

[@warehousedave7937]

Answer: "customers"

[@rodrigo445678]

This guy is brilliant. Incredible to watch the clarity of his thoughts.

[@CHEBCAEI.F]

Given how much he reveals now, in 2020 about his thought process, I'd say it was charity of thought, lol

[@willonthegrill9474]

He puts his thoughts into words so crystal clear that it’s almost strange listening to him speak. He’s brilliant.

[@cykablyat1466]

Yeah it's amazing to go back and see the ambition and the innovation he had during that era. Jeff Bezos figured out a direct to consumer business model that cut out buying/leasing a ton of expensive real estate, paying for managers/salesmen/store associates, and creating an online buying experience through the internet when it was still in its infancy, something that the big players couldn't figure out and refused to figure out for years until it was too late.

[@octopus8420]

Jesus, it scares me that you perceive a somewhat invested person as brilliant.

[@sig8766]

Chris Hansen : Have a seat right over there for me Jeff Jeff : Im just here for the customers

[@traaxe]

lol ouch to the guy doing the interview that has to look back at this...

[@khalidbahraoui9110]

He is probably dead

[@gluemuncher1986]

@@khalidbahraoui9110 😂

[@003Jetfire]

No, this is a solid interview. Jeff didn't make it becuase he avoided the big questions. It's only because Jeff had real answers to real questions that he was able to stay in the market.

[@traaxe]

@@003Jetfire You are right because you answered the real question to stay in the market.

[@RealAlexLambert]

@@003Jetfire you definitely missed the point. SMH

[@johnlemon1977]

Nobody: Jeff Bezos: 👁️ 👁️ 👄

[@HadenAndShit]

@Ajeje Brazov I'm so glad I saw this, this is EXACTLY what I was thinking!

[@Mr.Mister420]

Shmao Ghmao Dhmao

[@c4s4n0v44]

Drug effect?

[@jeffreyliu7394]

This is not Jeff Bezos in 1999, this is Kevin Spacey playing the role of Jeff Bezos in modern day.

[@DanielTNgoy]

John Smith hahahah!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@monkeyrobotsinc.9875]

lol

[@joshrendon1638]

Fail

[@mainebrown235]

John Smith lmaoooooooo good one🤣🤣🤣

[@thesilentcryptographer]

that’s who I thought he looked like!

[@swordsimkid23]

The customer is #1

[@mikeylibra5233]

He's nailing this Kevin Spacy impression

[@tantrarojo44]

Hahaha you don't get if he's the good guy the bad guy or the sadistic myfkr hahaha

[@jajajajajaja867]

In American beauty

[@VisitRwanda7788]

Lmao…..he sure did

[@mikeylibra5233]

@Robert King 🤣🤣

[@manwiththemoviecamra]

The best part is now he looks like Dr. Evil and Kevin Spacey played Dr. Evil in Goldmember.

[@gabepearl5661]

It's amazing how kind Jeff was with this antagonistic arrogant interviewer. Jeff really shows us the heart and mind of a progressive entrepreneur.

[@SurvivingAnotherDay]

lib...liberal?

[@SurvivingAnotherDay]

@mcnet you are just dumb. Yes.

[@SurvivingAnotherDay]

@mcnet go back to being weird and unlikable pls. oh wait you already are lol.

[@ChocPretzel8]

@@SurvivingAnotherDay You're a total moron.

[@DiamondsareallMine]

mcnet stfu he’s making an joke

[@AlexPasek]

*This is Kevin Spacey with Elizabeth Holmes eyes.* 😳

[@darthstarfire]

Lol the eyes look like Holmes, the hair is certainly spacey.

[@daringdolphin8238]

Too accurate

[@lllllllllarose]

damn you nailed it

[@bydsarrett0]

Elizabeth's morals and a brilliant 4d chess play. That's the key to success.

[@xXHomovWizard69Xx]

The eyes were a little Nicholas cage

[@FM-yk1yr]

“Internet, schminternet!” 😅

[@MissAwa515]

The way he was leaning in and that level of concentration and eye contact, says how confident he was and he knew his business very well.

[@Abdullah-qn3zx]

Love him or hate him, he created something we all use.

[@triplebanze6694]

We shouldn't use it tho that's the issue

[@KickingAssDaily]

He invented toilet paper?

[@kevinpeoples376]

@@triplebanze6694 Why?

[@triplebanze6694]

@@kevinpeoples376 costs too much resources , diminishes human relations and small business etc . The best way of functioning is to trade/craft items with friends , family and other segments of other communities(but ultimately being one community) , living in harmony with all humans and animals

[@kevinpeoples376]

@@triplebanze6694 I agree with you, but unfortunately most people prefer to get their product as cheap as possible and as fast as possible. Right now, Amazon is light years ahead of everyone else in those teo metrics.

[@justwrapapi]

Fun fact: Jeff Bezos middle name is "customer service"

[@ben-jamin3110]

LMAOOO, well he's got a point, just look at how well he's done

[@ye23.]

“...at the expense of your employees’ wellbeing”

[@memechannel3345]

Jeff Customer Service Bezos

[@obu2108]

The interviewer didn't believe in Jeff and his vision. Gotta be kicking himself for not investing in AMZ.

[@jennah1191]

Lol I knowwwww right

[@smks8er]

1999 Jeff Bezos: Level 1 Crook 2019 Jeff Bezos: Level 100 Mafia Boss

[@easternwind4435]

2039 Jeff Bezos: God emperor of Amazon Megastate

[@MK_ULTRA420]

That's how Mafia works!

[@Omgjosh925]

He was still worth billions in this interview lol

[@alfredavina7202]

He started with 100 Speech and Intelligence though.

[@LordlyRecords]

Lmao that ad is everywhere

[@kaano3770]

Interviewer:" how less sleep do u get and how much drugs do u take ?" Jeff: "yes, customer service" o _ ○

[@0Beyonder0]

Kaan ö forgot the offsetting smile

[@ryanfarran]

Lmfao scrolling through comments looking for someone pointing out the eye wtf this delivered

[@designinstall81]

what part at what part

[@chriskorab5735]

@@designinstall81 almost the whole time his left eye looks weird

[@gottagogetit9205]

Jeff looks like he is on some type of drug

[@alainmorales1155]

The guy performing the interview is probably like this guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

[@JWB86]

A bit like you...

[@Gh0stNoName]

Yup, you can hear it in his questions. I wonder if he lived long enough to see that Jeff was right and just how right he was.

[@ColdSid]

Dude became the worlds richest man 20 years later .. he knew what he was doing

[@davidhill431]

It's not like he wasn't rich then

[@diceblue6817]

a complete moron, thinks that a company that sells over the internet can't actually deal with logistics - what a brainlet moron - no wonder corrupt CNBC don't list the interviewer name anywhere

[@mr.pasuli3291]

The interviewer tried very hard to make Jeff look bad but Jeff had no filter and told it how it is (and was 100% right).Great Visionary

[@98opium]

I bet every time the interviewer gets in a disagreement with his wife she reminds him of this interview and shuts him down immediately 🤣

[@Maddy-ht8pg]

That would be epic ! I was laughing for solid 5 mins imagining this conversation :D

[@nstha8848]

:D :D :D :D

[@etorty_dev]

The interviewer was negative and full of doubts about Amazon. I'm glad Jeff finally proved him wrong.

[@joshua9n]

ahahaha gold!!!

[@hugojaime9565]

This is a real man. Conviction, balls, truth to himself and dedication and you can do the same😉

[@auditoryaudacity5712]

Nah this guys psychopathic

[@epie6]

He really looks like that Nicholas Cage meme face here. 😂

[@ashujchwd]

We have a comment winner 😂😂

[@JayAyers]

I just saw the video, and all I could think about was that meme! Glad I wasn't alone.

[@symphoniez]

You don't say?

[@tdesanchez]

I can't unsee that now. lol. Good one.

[@Itzzmeagain28]

😆😆😆

[@sunii9929]

I am grateful for the videos that showed the real JB before all the media storms, so completely focused on his vision and uncontaminated by all the fake news out there.

[@DuDerize]

Interviewer: How obsessed are you with customer service? Jeff: Yes.

[@Mii.2.0]

Jeff: _MynameisJeff._