{"id":6760,"date":"2017-04-12T17:51:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T17:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6760"},"modified":"2017-04-07T17:51:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T17:51:49","slug":"linked-jeff-bezos-had-a-good-ass-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/04\/12\/linked-jeff-bezos-had-a-good-ass-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Jeff Bezos Had a Good Ass Day&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3176,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/gizmodo.com\\\/jeff-bezos-had-a-good-ass-day-1793800554&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220612004759\\\/https:\\\/\\\/gizmodo.com\\\/jeff-bezos-had-a-good-ass-day-1793800554&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 03:08:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-13 18:16:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-15 19:56:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 20:47:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 20:47:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/jeff-bezos-had-a-good-ass-day-1793800554\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via Gizmodo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Bloomberg reports that Bezos\u2019 personal fortune increased by a cool $1.5 billion today following a big jump in Amazon\u2019s stock price. The $18.32 rise in the online retailer\u2019s value was fueled by the announcement that it will acquire the Dubai-based Souq.com, a deal that Goldman Sachs called, \u201cthe biggest-ever technology M&amp;A transaction in the Arab world.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Five years ago, I would have never believed the owner of Amazon would be the 2nd richest man in the world. The Amazon story is one that should be taught in classrooms if it isn\u2019t already. They repeatedly lost money for years investing in their products and now they essentially power the Internet and will soon power all retail (even brick &amp; mortar). They are a powerhouse and it\u2019s a remarkable success story.<\/p>\n<p>Further amazing that the found is still the CEO. Very few founders run their babies for this long and do well. Investors would have brought in a seasoned MBA 15 years ago but Jeff held out and look at him now.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;Insert how much money is enough question here&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Gizmodo: Bloomberg reports that Bezos\u2019 personal fortune increased by a cool $1.5 billion today following a big&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-04-12T17:51:47Z","apple_news_api_id":"7b626308-f165-4c38-8ee3-5fa325bc7384","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-04-12T17:51:48Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Ae2JjCPFlTDiO41-jJbxzhA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1L2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6968,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/08\/11\/linked-the-whale\/","url_meta":{"origin":6760,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;The Whale&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via 500Ish (a Medium Blog): Most of the time, when you hear about a company the size of Amazon moving into a new space, eyes roll but heads don\u2019t. But when Amazon moves into your space, it\u2019s fucking terrifying. Because they execute. I see Amazon now like Apple in 2003.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5643,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/03\/29\/linked-the-epic-story-of-dropboxs-exodus-from-the-amazon-cloud-empire\/","url_meta":{"origin":6760,"position":1},"title":"Linked: &#8220;The Epic Story of Dropbox\u2019s Exodus From the Amazon Cloud Empire&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Wired: Really great story about Dropbox\u2019s move to their own cloud. Great read.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4813,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/07\/24\/linked-the-story-of-my-20s-as-told-in-amazon-purchases\/","url_meta":{"origin":6760,"position":2},"title":"Linked: &#8220;The Story of My 20s, as Told in Amazon Purchases&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via Gawker: I first started using Amazon when I was 22, in 2003. I don\u2019t have many specific memories from this awkward transition into adulthood; in a pre-Facebook world, it was much easier to forget life\u2019s little moments, especially the painful ones I had no interest in remembering. 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I am in the process of closing my Amazon account, and migrating as much to Google services which seem significantly more robust\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7395,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/04\/02\/mark-zuckerberg-in-response-to-tim-cooks-advertising-comments\/","url_meta":{"origin":6760,"position":4},"title":"Mark Zuckerberg in Response to Tim Cook&#8217;s Advertising Comments","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"via Vox: Tim Cook:\u00a0\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be in this situation,\u201d and argued that Apple sells products to users, it doesn\u2019t sell users to advertisers, and so it\u2019s a sounder business model that doesn\u2019t open itself to these problems. Mark Zuckerberg: \"\u2026But if you want to build a service which is not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5920,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/07\/08\/linked-amazon-web-services-in-plain-english\/","url_meta":{"origin":6760,"position":5},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Amazon Web Services in Plain English&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via ExpeditedSSL: Hey, have you heard of the new AWS services: ContainerCache, ElastiCast and QR72? Of course not, I just made those up. But with 50 plus opaquely named services, we decided that enough was enough and that some plain english descriptions were needed. 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