Inside the Brain of Jeff Bezos
Seriously...
BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
David Baker reveals the thinking and the values that have made Jeff Bezos the richest man on the planet, and Amazon the most wildly successful company, even in a year when the global economy faces catastrophe.
Speaking to senior colleagues within his businesses, longstanding business partners and analysts, David Baker learns the secrets to Amazon's success, and the impact of Jeff Bezos' ideas on all of the commercial, cultural and now environmental sectors - on Earth and beyond - that have been influenced by his investments and activity.
Producer: Jonathan Brunert
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
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| 0:39.0 | Hi, I'm Riana Dylan, and this is seriously. |
| 0:44.0 | Oh, the Alexa Echo Dodd. something I've never had in the house before. |
| 0:56.0 | This is someone sent this as a president. |
| 0:58.0 | But, uh... |
| 1:00.0 | COVID-19 has been a crisis for the entire world and for most companies and yet it has been a huge benefit for Amazon. |
| 1:10.0 | It's like a black fabric-colored sphere with a little flat bottom and let's get going how do you ask it a question? |
| 1:25.0 | Amazon stock has risen by almost half. |
| 1:29.0 | It's a $1.6 trillion company now. |
| 1:31.0 | Basos has added to his fortune. |
| 1:33.4 | You know, as so many people are unemployed |
| 1:35.3 | and in pain during this pandemic. |
| 1:37.6 | It's terrible optics, but Basos has gotten even richer. |
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