“I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If you're going to invent, it means you're going to experiment, and if you're going to experiment, you're going to fail, and if you're going to fail, you have to think long term.”

American businessman

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American businessman known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon. He is associated with one of the world’s largest e-commerce and cloud computing companies. He is widely identified with Amazon’s rise and with major influence in business and technology. The available facts also note that he was among the world’s wealthiest people from 2017 to 2021, and that his net worth was estimated at about US$284 billion in 2026.