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by sarcasmatwork 2418 days ago
Jeff Bezos was right around the corner in 2017 per this article: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/27/richest-man-alive-jeff-bezos...
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Yes but he was divorced this year. https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-140b-divorce...

And cashing out a billion dollars a year (over one percent of his net worth at the peak) to spend on rocket ships has got to put a dent in his earnings growth.

He is certainly well positioned, but Amazon is already 23 years old, industrial cycles tend to shorten and he himself anticipated the death of his own company.