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event/ignition-2014" target="_blank">IGNITION: Future Of                                                             Digital</a>. <span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;"> <a href="http://businessinsider.ticketleap.com/ignition-2014/" target="_blank"><strong>Reserve your seat now</strong> »</a></span></strong></div><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image on-image"><a title_source="David Ryder/Getty Images" title_caption="Jeff Bezos." class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5422e672eab8ea524e7b33f5-960/jeff-bezos-launches-bezos-center-for-innovation-in-seattle-35.jpg"><span class="sprites click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5422e672eab8ea524e7b33f5-1200-600/jeff-bezos-launches-bezos-center-for-innovation-in-seattle-35.jpg" border="0" alt="Jeff Bezos Launches Bezos Center For Innovation In Seattle" /></a><p class="source"><span>David Ryder/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Jeff Bezos.</p></div><p></p></div></div>After founding the company in July 1994, Jeff Bezos has grown Amazon into a web-enabled behemoth.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Everything-Store-Bezos-Amazon/dp/0316219266" target="_blank">Everything Store</a> has <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Careers-Homepage/b?node=239367011">88,400 employees</a> around the world, a <a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2014/amazon-adds-30-million-customers-past-year/" target="_blank">reported 244 million customer base</a>, and <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AMZN" target="_blank">a market cap of $150 billion</a>.</p>
<p>Along the way, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-billionaire-jeff-bezoss-life-story-2013-8?op=1">he's become a billionaire</a>.</p>
<p>Bezos has an understanding of contemporary business like few other people. T<span>o better understand his genius</span>, we rounded up quotes from interviews, shareholder letters, and other sources.</p><p class="tagline">Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through his
personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.</p>

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12 Quotes By Jeff Bezos That Reveal How He Grew The Amazon Empire

Hear Jeff Bezos speak about Amazon's latest ventures at IGNITION: Future Of Digital. Reserve your seat now »David Ryder/Getty ImagesJeff Bezos.After founding the company in July 1994, Jeff Bezos has grown Amazon into a web-enabled behemoth. The Everything Store has 88,400 employees around the world, a reported 244 million customer base, and a market cap of $150 billion. Along the way, he's become a billionaire. Bezos has an understanding of contemporary business like few other people. To better understand his genius, we rounded up quotes from interviews, shareholder letters, and other sources.Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through his personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.

Hear Jeff Bezos speak about Amazon's latest ventures at IGNITION: Future Of                                                             Digital. Reserve your seat now »David Ryder/Getty ImagesJeff Bezos.

12 Quotes By Jeff Bezos That Reveal How He Grew The Amazon Empire

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