Jeff Bezos is an American internet entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, and investor. He is best known as the founder, CEO, and president of the multi-national technology company Amazon.
Like the saying goes behind every success there is a story to tell. If you’re a fan of Jeff Bezos, then reading a few of his favorite books might help you uncover new perspectives, new ideas, and new ways to improve your business. (Whether you like or dislike him, from “building a thriving business” point of view, it’s hard not to respect his accomplishments.)
While sending Bezos an email is easy, getting him to respond and recommend a few books might not be.
Fortunately, the good people at “Most Recommended Books” have compiled a list of 20 books Bezos has recommended over the years.
In this article, I will be sharing 10 favorite books of Jeff bezos.
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Here are 10 book jeff bezos wholeheartedly recommend
- Built to Last by Jim Collins
Built to Last: is a book written by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras. It outlines the results of a six-year research project exploring what leads to enduringly great companies
2. Creation by Steve Grand
“Was influential in the creation of Amazon Web Services, or AWS, the service that popularized the notion of the cloud.”
3. Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
“not-so concern by conventional wisdom, [the authors] start fresh and rewrite the rules of business. Their approach turns out to be as successful as it is contrary to common-sense expectation..”
4. The Black Swan byNassim Nicholas Taleb
“Argues that people are wired to see patterns in chaos while remaining blind to unpredictable events, with massive consequences. Experimentation and empiricism trumps the easy and obvious narrative.”
5. The Innovator’s Dilemma byClayton M. Christensen
“An enormously influential business book whose principles Amazon acted on and that facilitated the creation of the Kindle and AWS.”
6. Sam Walton: Made in America bySam Walton
“Expounds on the principles of discount retailing and discusses his core values of frugality and a bias for action–a willingness to try a lot of things and make many mistakes.”
7. The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
“Encourages companies to identify the biggest constraints in their operations and then structure their organizations to get the most out of those constraints.”
8. Lean Thinking by James P. Womack
“Calls for a focus on those activities that create value for the customer and the systematic eradication of everything else.”
9. Good to Great by Jim Collins
According to Everything Store author Brad Stone, “Collins briefed Amazon executives on his seminal management book before its publication.”
10. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
“My favorite novel. Teaches pain of regret so well you will think you actually had lived it.”
