All content in Part 1 and Part 2 of this book is drawn from the words and ideas of Jeff Bezos.
Part 1, “The Shareholder Letters,” is composed of the letter sent by Jeff Bezos in April of each year to Amazon.com shareholders.
Part 2, “Life and Work,” has been drawn from the following transcripts of interviews and speeches by Jeff Bezos:
Economic Club of Washington on September 13, 2018 (David Rubenstein interviewer)
The Climate Pledge Launch press conference on September 19, 2019
Washington Post Transformers conference on May 18, 2016
Jeff Bezos address to the Princeton graduating class of 2010
2019 Reagan National Defense Initiative (RNDF) conference, Ronald Reagan Institute (Fred Ryan presiding, Roger Zakheim interviewer) on December 7, 2019
Washington, DC, event on May 9, 2019, to unveil Blue Origin’s lunar lander, Blue Moon.
Jeff Bezos’s conversation with his brother, Mark Bezos, at Summit LA17 on November 4, 2017.
The sections of Part 2 are drawn from these sources as indicated:
My Gift in Life (Economic Club interview)
A Crucial Moment at Princeton (Economic Club interview)
“We Are What We Choose”: Address to the Princeton Graduating Class of 2010 (Jeff Bezos speech to the graduating class)
Resourcefulness (Transcript of conversation between Jeff Bezos and Mark Bezos)
Why I Went from a Hedge Fund to Selling Books (Economic Club interview)
Finding the Root Cause (Economic Club interview)
Creating Wealth (Economic Club interview)
The Idea for Prime (Economic Club interview)
Thinking Three Years Out (Economic Club interview)
Where the Idea of Amazon Web Services Came From (Economic Club interview)
Alexa, AI, and Machine Learning (Washington Post conference)
Physical Stores and Whole Foods (Economic Club interview)
Buying the Washington Post (Economic Club interview)
Trust (RNDF interview)
Work-Life Harmony (Transcript of conversation between Jeff Bezos and Mark Bezos)
Recruiting Talent: Do You Want Mercenaries or Missionaries? (RNDF interview)
Decisions (RNDF interview)
Competition (RNDF interview)
Government Scrutiny and Big Companies (Economic Club interview)
The Climate Pledge (Climate Pledge press conference)
The Bezos Day One Fund (Economic Club interview)
The Purpose of Going into Space (Washington, DC, Blue Origin event)
It’s Still Day One for America (Remarks submitted by Jeff Bezos prior to his testimony before the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law on July 29, 2020)