[CRConrad]

> Do you think Amazon would just exist if Bezos didn't do what he did?

Something else very similar would probably exist. And in that universe, people would probably go "Do you think DeNile would just exist if Ben Jeffries didn't do what he did?".

[altusbrown]

Based on your comment, I'm assuming you would expect them to be led by someone doing the same things - which just highlights the role doesn't?

[CRConrad]

Yes, indeed: It highlights that it's a "role" that pretty much anyone could have filled if it hadn't happened to be Bezos that did.

And since discussion about compensation on this site usually centers around the ubiquity of potential fillers of roles -- "Amazon warehouse workers are paid shit because anyone can be an Amazon warehouse worker!" -- it also shows that Bezos' humongous windfall for more or less at random fulfilling this not so much more unique role is monumentally inequitable.

Hopefully that was what you set out to highlight?