Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos & the Invention of a Global Empire

by Brad Stone, Unknown Author

From its humble beginnings, Amazon has expanded exponentially, disrupting industries and becoming an integral part of daily life. Stone delves into the evolution of Jeff Bezos, from a geeky technologist to a fit, disciplined billionaire, ruling Amazon with an iron fist. This deeply reported and engaging book explores how Amazon makes money and the day-to-day decisions that impact consumers. It's also a biography of Bezos, making it particularly relevant in today's economy dominated by a few men at the helm of giant firms. Stone, dubbed the 'Edward Gibbon of Amazon', provides an unvarnished look at the company and its founder, with rare access to Amazon executives. The book is praised for its fascinating and deeply researched insights, offering a vivid, anecdote-filled tour of the company Bezos built. It's a must-read for understanding the most important business story of our time. 2022. 496 pages. $30.00. 10 copies for $270.00; 100 copies for $2,400.00. 1023 Reviews

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About the author

I am the senior executive editor for global technology coverage at Bloomberg and the author of "Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire," published in May 2021 by Simon and Schuster.

The book is a sequel to my earlier work, "The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon," which won the Book of the Year Award in 2013 from The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs. I'm also the author of The Upstarts: Uber, Airbnb, and the Battle for the New Silicon Valley.

Over the last few years, I have authored a few dozen cover or feature stories for Bloomberg Businessweek on companies such as Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, Costco and the Chinese tech companies Didi, Baidu and Xiaomi. I joined the magazine from the New York Times, where I covered Silicon Valley from the newspaper's San Francisco bureau. Before that, I was a reporter for the once proud magazine known as Newsweek. I am also the author of a previous work of non-fiction, Gearheads, which the San Francisco Chronicle selected as one of the best books of 2003.

I graduated from Columbia University in 1993 and am originally from Cleveland, Ohio. I've lived in San Francisco for over 20 years but I'm still a Clevelander at heart- or should I say, at heartbreak, since the sports teams always manage to lose big (except the Cavs!) I have twin daughters and am teaching them to root for Cleveland teams as well because I believe adversity builds character. I hope you enjoy my books. Feel free to write me at brad.stone at gmail to let me know what you think.