Jeff Bezos
Founder and CEO, Amazon
--Cultural impact
--Returnee
Bezos defied expectations again this year, sacrificing company profits nearly two decades after founding Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500) to chase (and potentially corner) new markets. The Seattle-based company plowed ahead with its same-day grocery-delivery efforts and partnered with the ailing U.S. Postal Service to allow Sunday delivery in some U.S. cities. Bezos's boldest move? Buying the Washington Post for $250 million with his personal venture fund. Still, his eclectic strategy has paid off in the past, and Wall Street remains as bullish as ever on the stock, up some 40% year to date.
--JP Mangalindan
--Cultural impact
--Returnee
Bezos defied expectations again this year, sacrificing company profits nearly two decades after founding Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500) to chase (and potentially corner) new markets. The Seattle-based company plowed ahead with its same-day grocery-delivery efforts and partnered with the ailing U.S. Postal Service to allow Sunday delivery in some U.S. cities. Bezos's boldest move? Buying the Washington Post for $250 million with his personal venture fund. Still, his eclectic strategy has paid off in the past, and Wall Street remains as bullish as ever on the stock, up some 40% year to date.
--JP Mangalindan
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