![]() While surfing the Internet in search of new ventures for D E Shaw to invest in, he came across the statistic that World Wide Web usage was growing by 2,300 percent a month. Just four years after Bezos created, the virtual bookstore became the template for how e-commerce businesses should be run, with sales of more than $610 million and more than 13 million customers worldwide.īezos first got the idea to start an Internet enterprise in 1994. It was a risky move, but it quickly paid off. But Bezos had other plans.įueled by a secret passion for the infant business of electronic retailing, Bezos dreamed of creating his own company in the vast, then virtually uncharted wilds of the World Wide Web. , the then 30-year-old Princeton University graduate was already making an estimated six-figure salary and was destined to rise even further in the company ranks. The youngest-ever senior vice president at Wall Street investment bank DE Shaw & Co. ![]() In 1994, former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was already extremely successful by most peoples standards. ![]() Keep scrolling for more details on how Bezos made Amazon what it is today. As the child of an immigrant, Bezos' rise to success is a true American dream.
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