Bezos will move on to be the company’s Executive Chair.
“When you have a responsibility like that, it’s hard to put attention on anything else.
I’ve never had more energy, and this isn’t about retiring.
I’m super passionate about the impact I think these organizations can have.”
There’s no understating how successful Amazon has become since its founding in 1995.
According toForbes, the company is currently worth more than $1.6 trillion.
Bezos himself has become a billionaire many, many times over.
He told the eager crowd not to be afraid of taking risks … or of failure.
“You’ve got to have something that might not work.
It will be, in many ways, an experiment.
We take risks all the time, we talk about failure.”
And in talking about failure, Bezos emphasized that it is necessary.
“We need big failures for move the needle,” he said (viaFast Company).
“If we don’t, we’re not swinging enough.
You really should be swinging hard, and you will fail, but that’s okay.”
Bezos definitely swung for the fences … and it certainly paid off.
