= Amazon Unbound =
=== JEFF BEZOS and the INVENTION of a GLOBAL EMPIRE ===
== Brad Stone, 2021 - 381.45 Beaverton Library ==

p47 Amazon leadership committee, the S-Team [[ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/whos-in-charge-at-amazon-moves-on-secretive-s-team-signal-tech-giants-priorities/#AmazonCards | how did it get that name, how many people, meeting how often ]]

p112  Typical package $150K; signing bonus and a grant of stock vested in 5%, 15%, 20%, and 40% over four years.  Stock grants lowered proportional to rising stock price.

p115 Bezos "We want to have a performance review system that doesn't tell our employees that they're fat."

p117 realDonaldTrump "The @washingtonpost, which loses a fortune, is owned by @JeffBezos for purposes of keeping taxes down at his no profit company, @amazon.

p118 realDonaldTrump "The @washingtonpost loses money (a deduction) and gives owner @JeffBezos power to screw public on low taxation of @Amazon! Big tax shelter"
 
realDonaldTrump "If @amazon ever had to pay fair taxes, its stock would crash and it would crumple like a paper bag.  The @washingtonpost is saving it!

p120 @!JeffBezos "Finally trashed by @realDonaldTrump.  Will still reserve him a seat on the Blue Origin rocket.  #sendDonaldtosspace [[ http://bit.ly/1OpyW5N ]]

p126 Amazon Prime members get free six month digital subscription
 
p133 Bezos suggests "Democracy dies in darkness", quoted from Bob Woodward, from an appellate court decision
 
p287 2018 600,000 employees, 2/3 in the FCs (fulfillment centers), in June market cap reached $800B