![]() Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had a notoriously violent temper, despite his very public embrace of New Age philosophy, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates could unleash epic tantrums. “Amazon’s culture is notoriously confrontational, and it begins with Bezos, who believes that truth springs forth when ideas and perspectives are banged against each other, sometimes violently,” Brad Stone writes near the end of The Everything Store, his account of how Bezos grew Amazon from a tiny startup into an online behemoth.Īmong technology companies, of course, Bezos is no outlier. When it comes to the creativity of his insults, he’s no Marine drill instructor, but he does know how to cut a target down to size with a few well-aimed words. When angered, a vein in his forehead throbs, and he begins to scream at whoever’s ruining his day. Pity the Amazon employee who crosses Jeff Bezos, the e-commerce giant’s founder and longtime CEO. ![]()
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