- July 5, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is photographed in Seattle in 2017.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
Bezos is seen in 1996, a year after he started Amazon.com. At the time it was just an online bookseller.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
Bezos and Sotheby’s president and CEO Diana Brooks pose in a customized Volkswagen Beetle from the film “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” in 1999. Sotheby’s and Amazon had teamed up to launch sothebys.amazon.com, an online auction site that would offer a broad range of objects, including this car.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
Bezos holds a power drill and a stuffed Pikachu in 1999. By this point, Amazon had started to sell items other than books.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
Gregory Nixon, left, delivers a set of antique golf clubs he sold to David Robichaud, center, via Amazon.com Auctions in 1999. Bezos was there for the moment, as Robichaud, a construction worker, was Amazon’s 10-millionth customer.
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