MB: Um, so, Jeff before we get started, I think this is obviously a crowd of influential people, people who are starting out. But if any of you do get confused, I’m the one with the smaller bank account to your left. My brother has a TED Talk about small acts of kindness, being a volunteer firefighter and it has millions of views and every once in awhile somebody will stop me and say, “I love your TED Talk about being a firefighter and small acts of kindness.” And I usually say, “Well thank you, but that’s really my brother, his TED Talk,” but if I’m in a hurry I just say “Thank you.” So thank you. Jeff Bezos : By the way, just so you know, this actually does go both ways. They usually just refer to me as Jeff’s brother. My name is Mark Bezos, and you’re all welcome to call me what my friends do. So, this gentleman certainly needs no introduction. Mark Bezos : Elliott, thank you very much. Please get on your feet and welcome the Bezos brothers. He was involved with Amazon from day 1 and he’s the director of the family foundation. For the last 12 years, Mark has been a volunteer fire department, uh, firefighter in upstate New York. And there’s not a better person to interview Jeff Bezos than his brother Mark, who 20 years ago was on the team that created the Robin Hood Foundation, and worked there for 20 years - the largest poverty fighting nonprofit in New York City. Working vigorously every day to tell the most important stories, The Washington Post. He’s personally the owner of one of the two most important newspapers in America. How many people shop at Whole Foods? It was also everyone. He’s the founder and CEO of the 4th largest company in the world.īy show of hands, how many people are members of Amazon Prime? If you guys can’t see, it’s everyone. Elliott Bisnow: Once in your life you have the opportunity to see a talk of this caliber and the reason is there’s almost in history who’ve created what Jeff Bezos has.

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