Jeff Bezos: 'Nerd of the Amazon' | 60 Minutes Archive

Bob Simon profiled Jeff Bezos for 60 Minutes in 1999, when Amazon was known as "Earth's biggest bookstore."

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[cletus]

they always say, "be nice to the nerds, you'll work for them one day"

[polkcountyboxbreaks]

Dude was throwing some crazy shade while walking down that street 😂

[MichealPeggins]

"For the customer, Amazon only exists online." Crazy how the internet was once so surreal.

[hp]

Man I’m loving these kinds of historical videos. Learned something from both stock market perspective and how they become a giant company.

[davehasenford]

He’s got the rich person laugh that Jim Carrey imitates

[mattmayo]

“What’s with the Honda?”
Stealth wealth at its finest.

[Mavermick]

My first internet purchase was a book on Amazon in 98 - staggering history.

[guy]

The part where they discuss Amazon being more valuable than Sears and is that realistic. Oh how much has changed since this aired.

[craigtirrell]

To see Jeff back then and to see Jeff and what his vision has come to here in 2024 is just amazing .

[franciscoarmendariz]

Seems like a nice guy, hope he makes it and stays humble

[joshuacruz]

You can tell the interviewer when he was young and in school he would pick and make fun of the nerds.

[ianbrooks]

I loved Amazon when it was just a bookstore, I got expelled so i homeschooled myself for a year with Amazon. 2000

[circlepityeah]

9:45 when we talked about data and storage using floppy disk 😂

[emeraldstxne]

The teriyaki joint caught a stray 😂 1:10

[sneat]

Its very telling that some are asking what Sears is. Sears Roebuck was a juggernaut in America, you could buy anything and everything from Sears.

[Mac-tt]

The wildest part was when the “half gigabyte or whatever that is” comment was made by the reporter (who was awesome). Shows how things really do change so fast

[xpaperxcutx]

I wonder if Jeff ever look back on his old interviews and recall how humble he was? Also, he is spending more now than he used to and I wonder if he even kept that wooden table that he described as a symbol of his company.

[ILGlocker]

I opened my account in 1999. I knew they had something going. Why I never invested I don't know.

[pikiwiki]

"a couple of geeks, who sketched out some software, could destroy Sears Roebuck" He says, with a shiver in his voice, as if the whole world is crumbling

[forsdykemontague]

On a work trip to New York we had lunch at the Hudson River Bay club when I heard his distinctive laugh, he was on the table behind us ! (that was 1999)