You can learn far more about Jeff Bezos from watching a few long interviews. He recently did a very interesting interview with his brother: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq89wYzOjfs" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq89wYzOjfs</a><p>He's very much the kind of person you want in the supremely high position that he's found himself in. He's basically another Bill Gates but more upbeat and creative.
It's nice to see some image reparation work going on for Jeff. I've been finding all of the pictures of him that are meant to evoke Voldemort quite irritating.<p>Aside from his decision to buy the WaPo, I think he's shown himself to be one of the few people who really understands long term bets.<p>So while Google keeps trying to make Android devices sell for iPhone prices, Amazon just sold me a Kindle Fire for $25 that outperforms my Nexus 7.<p>The impact of Bezos' infrastructure vision is likely to put Google and Apple out of business in the next few decades. He's playing a much more long-term strategy and he's not afraid to take big risks.
I would love to see Jeff Bezos run for President in 2020. The trust he has built in the Amazon brand, the value he has placed upon investigative journalism and the survival of the free press, his deep knowledge of and interest in technology, his (presumed) familiarity with U.S. tax law, and the enormous success he’s achieved as a businessman would all work in his favor. I think Donald Trump senses this, and that’s why he singles Jeff out for criticism.