"The Everything Store" by Brad Stone, Softcover (2014), ISBN 9780316219280
In *The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon*, Brad Stone delivers a gripping account of Amazon’s meteoric rise and its enigmatic founder, Jeff Bezos. Tracing the company’s journey from a scrappy online bookstore to a global retail juggernaut, Stone reveals the relentless ambition, innovation, and ruthless tactics that propelled Amazon’s dominance. Through exclusive interviews and meticulous research, the book unveils Bezos’s visionary leadership, his obsession with customer satisfaction, and the cutthroat corporate culture that reshaped industries. From pioneering e-commerce to revolutionizing cloud computing and artificial intelligence, Amazon’s story is one of audacity and disruption. Stone also explores the personal toll of Bezos’s uncompromising drive and the ethical questions surrounding Amazon’s market power. A definitive portrait of a tech titan and his empire, *The Everything Store* is a must-read for understanding the forces shaping the present-day economy.