Summary of The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, by Brad Stone, is a riveting account of the rise of Amazon.com—the world’s largest online retailer—and its ambitious and visionary founder, Jeff Bezos. Stone examines Bezos’s rise from college graduate to internet entrepreneur, who in 1994 founded Amazon as a small online bookstore. He details Bezos’s tireless efforts to build the online retail giant Amazon is today, which sells more than just books and now brings in over $60 billion annually. Stone also examines Bezos’s commitment to customer service and the cutting-edge technology he uses to shape and adjust all aspects of the giant company on the fly. The Everything Store is a thrilling tale of how one man’s ambition, vision, and drive transformed the retail industry and revolutionized the way we shop.