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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.
He knew from the very beginning, he wanted Amazon to be "an everything store."
In author $4 on the origins of Amazon, he paints a picture of the early days of the company and how it grew into the behemoth that it is today.
Jillian D'Onfro contributed to an earlier version of this story.