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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

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  • @cletus2941
    @cletus2941 3 месяца назад +99

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

  • @311guy1
    @311guy1 4 месяца назад +246

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

    • @sneat2028
      @sneat2028 4 месяца назад +13

      The fact sears is no longer around should answer the question for you.

    • @prat-man
      @prat-man 3 месяца назад +1

      Growing the company to what it is, is a much better feat than just "being around" for the time it has imo

    • @mgl_rosls
      @mgl_rosls 3 месяца назад +4

      Right! If these guys saw into 2024 they would not believe it.

    • @e.r.6147
      @e.r.6147 3 месяца назад

      7:55 tf ?

    • @buddy_love
      @buddy_love 2 месяца назад

      First off: wth is sears?

  • @polkcountyboxbreaks
    @polkcountyboxbreaks 4 месяца назад +255

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

    • @arris20
      @arris20 4 месяца назад +4

      😂😂

    • @chrissmith8469
      @chrissmith8469 4 месяца назад +1

      😂😂😂😂

    • @MONEYBAGARTS
      @MONEYBAGARTS 3 месяца назад +2

      YAHUWAH IS OUR CREATOR AND YAHUSHA IS OUR SAVIOR THOSE ARE THE REAL NAMES REPENT AND RENOUNCE FROM ALL SIN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE AND DO NOT ACCEPT THE MARK OF THE BEAST STAY BLESSED WITH THE TRUTH !🙏❤️💯😇

    • @MaximillionIeraci-v3y
      @MaximillionIeraci-v3y 2 месяца назад

      Shutup

    • @deepmodel-q3b
      @deepmodel-q3b 2 месяца назад

      what does "throwing some crazy shade" mean?
      also, what part of the video was that?

  • @5600hp
    @5600hp 4 месяца назад +45

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

  • @mattmayo3539
    @mattmayo3539 4 месяца назад +134

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

    • @neoneherefrom5836
      @neoneherefrom5836 4 месяца назад +16

      Or he just doesn’t give af about overpriced status symbols

    • @yonikki
      @yonikki 4 месяца назад

      ​​@@neoneherefrom5836wait, doesn't Bezos have a $500 million yacht? (overpriced status symbol) And doesn't he have a Global Earth Fund to combat climate change while operating that overpriced status symbol? Wow ... how money can change a man.

    • @francois7355
      @francois7355 4 месяца назад +3

      Paparazzi

    • @neoneherefrom5836
      @neoneherefrom5836 4 месяца назад

      @@mattmayo3539 look at him now and he’s a totally different person

    • @tortepasti2
      @tortepasti2 4 месяца назад +10

      @@neoneherefrom5836 Well damn, then I guess he had a change of heart considering that he is throwing around overpriced status symbols like a champ now. But I guess that comes with being worth not "only" a billion but hundreds

  • @davehasenford3985
    @davehasenford3985 4 месяца назад +97

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

  • @Gaming_GRLZ
    @Gaming_GRLZ 25 дней назад +1

    I work for Amazon. No complaints about this company. This video is very humbling.

  • @swendoodle
    @swendoodle 4 месяца назад +57

    KEEP UP THE ARCHIVE EPISODES!!!!!!

  • @ILGlocker
    @ILGlocker 4 месяца назад +75

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

    • @Mr2tooCool4U
      @Mr2tooCool4U 4 месяца назад +8

      Just don’t make the same mistake again…we ALL regret it. There will be more opportunities but you’ve got to be patient and vigilant of what’s going on

    • @Dreama40
      @Dreama40 3 месяца назад +3

      I bought some shares in 97, my friend was into stocks, I wasn't, sold my shares in 2006 and had enough to buy my house on the lake.

    • @IblewuponyourfaceIII
      @IblewuponyourfaceIII 3 месяца назад +5

      @@Dreama40Lucky but I was only 5 in 1997 lol

    • @carlosnavarro3725
      @carlosnavarro3725 2 месяца назад +4

      @@IblewuponyourfaceIII Noexcuses!

    • @maxhill9254
      @maxhill9254 2 дня назад

      ​@@IblewuponyourfaceIII The earlier you start, the better🤣

  • @BushMann731
    @BushMann731 4 месяца назад +15

    Love the archive episodes! Thanks 😊

  • @sneat2028
    @sneat2028 4 месяца назад +15

    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.

  • @circlepityeah
    @circlepityeah 4 месяца назад +134

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

    • @volvo8938
      @volvo8938 4 месяца назад +9

      AWS, thats whats carrying the company now

    • @yvanlouis7164
      @yvanlouis7164 4 месяца назад +6

      Lmao they only got half a GB today they get your blood type lmao and dna sequence

  • @ianbrooks9686
    @ianbrooks9686 4 месяца назад +27

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

    • @altt-check1-2
      @altt-check1-2 4 месяца назад +2

      They were simpler times for sure

  • @jgg204
    @jgg204 4 месяца назад +29

    The highest net worth individuals in your neighborhood (note, I said NET worth....assets minus liabilities) are the ones driving those 10 yr old Hondas. Not the ones driving the Cybertrucks

    • @victorblock3421
      @victorblock3421 3 месяца назад +2

      When I was broke & struggling, all I wanted was a hot car. Now that I have reached what is considered a high level, I love my 1998 Honda more than ever. I'll never sell it.

    • @Carter-X
      @Carter-X 3 месяца назад +2

      This is such b.s. 😅

    • @MaximillionIeraci-v3y
      @MaximillionIeraci-v3y 2 месяца назад

      Yup its cope

  • @franciscoarmendariz9535
    @franciscoarmendariz9535 2 месяца назад +5

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

  • @Mr-Clark
    @Mr-Clark 4 месяца назад +83

    Billionaire and drives a Honda.
    Today broke people drive a Maserati.

    • @tomrgronvold
      @tomrgronvold 3 месяца назад +4

      You fell for the cultivated false image

    • @beejay7354
      @beejay7354 2 месяца назад

      Something to learn 😢

    • @weyw938
      @weyw938 Месяц назад

      Middle class people is still broke compared to a billionaire but a broke person won’t have the money for a nice car

    • @Josh-179
      @Josh-179 12 дней назад

      Supposedly, the most common brand among millionaires is just a Toyota. It's often how people become millionaires, are these sensible choices. Broke people lease the latest flashy car every 3 years.

  • @victorblock3421
    @victorblock3421 3 месяца назад +10

    He's driving a 5th gen Honda Accord. Great car.

  • @pikiwiki
    @pikiwiki 4 месяца назад +11

    "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

    • @e.r.6147
      @e.r.6147 3 месяца назад +3

      Cuz it did crumble and it is

  • @Bruceillest101
    @Bruceillest101 2 месяца назад +2

    His voice and posture has changed so much. He now talks with a much lower tone and has controlled his nerd laugh

  • @MichealPeggins
    @MichealPeggins 2 месяца назад +3

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

  • @la7era1u54
    @la7era1u54 4 месяца назад +11

    Oh, how times have changed

  • @Anonymous-KB
    @Anonymous-KB 4 месяца назад +41

    i'm watching a 60 minutes that was posted 60 minutes ago....

  • @007thematrix007
    @007thematrix007 4 месяца назад +74

    that laugh at the end 🤣 lolol .....

  • @rillest75
    @rillest75 4 месяца назад +26

    He seems human in this segment

  • @Jamal_Ginsberg
    @Jamal_Ginsberg 4 месяца назад +31

    What a wonderful time capsule. Thank you, 60 Minutes digital team. Excellent reporting from Bob Simon all those years ago.
    "One of your employees has said that you collect half a gigabyte - whatever that is - of information on your customers every day. That's about 350 floppy disks worth." I laughed out loud.

  • @craigtirrell3026
    @craigtirrell3026 2 месяца назад +1

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

  • @aviationenthusiast4353
    @aviationenthusiast4353 4 месяца назад +14

    he was so much cooler back then...

    • @TheJoanml
      @TheJoanml 3 месяца назад

      Yap before he was recruited by deep state illuminati 😂

  • @ninahaines
    @ninahaines 4 месяца назад +4

    Oh so cool! Thank you for the blast from the past!

  • @luisr4383
    @luisr4383 2 месяца назад

    Loving these older episodes

  • @michellewahl4756
    @michellewahl4756 4 месяца назад +9

    Being successful doesn't necessarily make you great. What makes you great is when you reach back and help somebody else become great.

  • @skahler
    @skahler 4 месяца назад +3

    Can you imagine the security flaws that must have existed in those early days...

  • @guayaquilhook1
    @guayaquilhook1 4 месяца назад +18

    Such a sweet guy in the early days. Hope he can keep on minimizing regrets.

  • @xpaperxcutx4588
    @xpaperxcutx4588 3 месяца назад +1

    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.

  • @baanjones5910
    @baanjones5910 4 месяца назад +1

    When they first opened, I wrote a letter to Amazon. I received a cool coffee mug. The best I’ve had for many years.

  • @guayaquilhook1
    @guayaquilhook1 4 месяца назад +5

    Wow how far they have come beyond books!

  • @TCHHCTN
    @TCHHCTN 3 месяца назад +38

    Sounds like a horror movie, walking past desk compartments in a maze with Jeff Bezoz laughing somewhere

  • @elliottharris9015
    @elliottharris9015 4 месяца назад +4

    Now Bezos is one of the wealthiest people in the world.

  • @marco-ye6oc
    @marco-ye6oc 4 месяца назад +5

    Hmmm...I like him. In the 25 years since this was filmed we've seen most of the things happen that they said couldn't happen here. Amazon somehow took the place of Kmart, Sears, Barnes and Noble and even Walmart- I wouldn't have ever dreamt that could happen back then.

  • @anidaniprivate
    @anidaniprivate 4 месяца назад +6

    The right boss is going to make the companies people rich

  • @rockhaze
    @rockhaze 2 месяца назад +1

    That wasn't his main office probably, that was just the office they led the media to to make him look more humble.

  • @AndreRitter-qp3vm
    @AndreRitter-qp3vm 2 месяца назад +3

    That rich white man laugh gets me every time 😂😂

  • @ThePomidor000
    @ThePomidor000 4 месяца назад +1

    this aged well , thanks for sharing

  • @jawdrop6038
    @jawdrop6038 4 месяца назад +16

    NVDIA is next “microprocessor” seems like anytime a company is featured on 60 minutes, 10-20 years later it’s even bigger.

    • @taojianfeng3566
      @taojianfeng3566 4 месяца назад +2

      Yes . Seems nvda market value still reasonable now nvda 100+b revenue vs 3t stock value then amzn 600m vs 30b

  • @joshuacruz4244
    @joshuacruz4244 2 месяца назад +3

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

  • @ivanjrn
    @ivanjrn 4 месяца назад +1

    This is great! I really enjoy these youth focused videos.

  • @nikosvault
    @nikosvault 4 месяца назад +20

    9:33 sh*t just got real for Mr. Simon.

  • @CoolCalmCoop
    @CoolCalmCoop 3 месяца назад +1

    I just watched the Lex podcast with Jeff on there. It is interesting to hear his viewpoints on how he managed Amazon.

  • @G.Singh.Official
    @G.Singh.Official 2 месяца назад +1

    Bezzos can be a perfect nerd villain for a movie with that laugh 😅

  • @7_of_9
    @7_of_9 3 месяца назад +3

    I bought the same Honda Accord in 1999.,....we have things a common 😅

  • @4ourty5ive
    @4ourty5ive 2 месяца назад +1

    Man, the way he said that about Sears and now they really are gone 11:17

  • @Chris-qg6kc
    @Chris-qg6kc 3 месяца назад +20

    Now look at Jeff - he's a full-fledged Batman villain.

    • @e.r.6147
      @e.r.6147 3 месяца назад +1

      It’s literally a movie now😊

    • @IblewuponyourfaceIII
      @IblewuponyourfaceIII 3 месяца назад +1

      Dr. Evil

    • @The_Quaalude
      @The_Quaalude Месяц назад

      Roided out and sounds like hulk Hogan now‼️😭

  • @jd415
    @jd415 4 месяца назад +14

    Happy 30th birthday Amazon!

  • @fishertheadore6095
    @fishertheadore6095 3 месяца назад

    Legend goes that He still Drives that Honda.

  • @TrendyTales-ep9yq
    @TrendyTales-ep9yq 4 месяца назад +3

    loved his confident laugh

  • @sutats
    @sutats 4 месяца назад +1

    A trip down memory lane.

  • @asan1050
    @asan1050 4 месяца назад

    Thank you very much!

  • @peterpetruzzi
    @peterpetruzzi Месяц назад

    Man it’s weird seeing that logo in the 90s 😂

  • @luvair6765
    @luvair6765 3 месяца назад +2

    I wonder what the Amazon working conditions were like back then.

  • @tedjuniormichael1083
    @tedjuniormichael1083 4 месяца назад +11

    I work at Amazon 2024.😊

  • @forsdykemontague1017
    @forsdykemontague1017 Месяц назад

    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)

  • @renlikedindin2182
    @renlikedindin2182 26 дней назад

    Not having a expensive work desk & floor carpet being stingy to himself made him one of the richest in the world

  • @buglove515
    @buglove515 4 месяца назад +5

    Today's nerd= tomorrow BOSS!!!!

  • @solargod3671
    @solargod3671 4 месяца назад +1

    The interviewer last question asked you ever think about losing it all? Never think like that people or you would possibly lose.

  • @goran-is6zr
    @goran-is6zr 3 месяца назад +2

    The best part is where everyone thinks he made all the money from amazon. And no one knows he made the money with the cloud storage aws

  • @MasoodMasoodm
    @MasoodMasoodm Месяц назад

    Mashaallah, allah es company ko or tarki de 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

  • @SokVibolYim
    @SokVibolYim 2 месяца назад +2

    នឹកប្តីណាស់ជាតិអេាយលេាកប្តី❤❤❤❤❤

  • @phoenixdarkvibeff3586
    @phoenixdarkvibeff3586 3 месяца назад

    When was the year it is?

  • @NavcOMechanicaL
    @NavcOMechanicaL Месяц назад +3

    I Am The Next Bezos!

  • @ucheucheuche
    @ucheucheuche 2 месяца назад +1

    It's a shame that most comments can only focus on how personable someone is, rather than contemplate the depth of energy and intellectual strategy that drives the person. It seems a lot of people trust their votes and their acquaintances based on how much a person makes themselves feel good, not on how capable that person is. 😮😅 This world.

  • @Thomas.Bolleiro
    @Thomas.Bolleiro 3 месяца назад

    This video was posted a month ago. I really hope this Jeff Bezos guy makes it in the world, he seems like a smart businessman

  • @Kipro007-j5m
    @Kipro007-j5m 4 месяца назад +1

    This man will be so wealthy one day.

  • @giliza
    @giliza 3 месяца назад +1

    his ear-piercing laughter always makes me laugh as well😂

  • @JT-ex3vq
    @JT-ex3vq 4 месяца назад +2

    Sounds like the master in doctor who if u ask me 😂

  • @Wildman-zh8lg
    @Wildman-zh8lg 4 месяца назад +2

    Customers don't need a four hundred foot yacht

  • @Kipro007-j5m
    @Kipro007-j5m 4 месяца назад +3

    It's not fear, it's a fact.

  • @e.c.3844
    @e.c.3844 4 месяца назад +2

    Bezos used to be wealthiest 5 years ago but not anymore current wealthiest person is Elon Musk according to Forbes Bloomberg billionaires index.

  • @shaneintegra
    @shaneintegra 4 месяца назад +3

    Dude has changed so much... I guess you gotta in this day and age though. People can be absolutely vile

  • @skahler
    @skahler 4 месяца назад +1

    It's funny how his original theory was to ensure that he didn't buy too much unnecessary crap - yet when you consider the purpose of Amazon today: yeah, it's about buying a bunch of unnecessary crap

  • @charlita25
    @charlita25 3 месяца назад

    “That’s the beauty of technology 🧑🏽‍💻” 💯

  • @mizuenishimura1869
    @mizuenishimura1869 2 месяца назад

    He is so charismatic.

  • @doomtomb3
    @doomtomb3 22 дня назад

    WORTH MORE THAN SEARS. THATS CRAZY -1999

  • @aowen1079
    @aowen1079 4 месяца назад +5

    Considering everything Jeff Bezos has already achieved at this point. And then he still manages to be so normal, as in relatable, friendly, practical with no pretensions. I've never met a billionaire but I can imagine they would probably be very different. And what he has done for his business was pioneering and he is a genius at that.

  • @NunYa953
    @NunYa953 4 месяца назад +13

    Back when 60 minutes was actually journalism.

  • @SC_XOLOs
    @SC_XOLOs 4 месяца назад +4

    5:59 billionaire driving a Honda 😮

  • @Fressica_Rabbit
    @Fressica_Rabbit 4 месяца назад +3

    Look at that AI working to figure Bob's reading profile, except we didn't call it that back then! Interesting story. Bezos has definitely had a glow up!

  • @konstantinnovikov5468
    @konstantinnovikov5468 3 месяца назад

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  • @Chillclips-r9b
    @Chillclips-r9b 3 месяца назад

    How can you not love that guy! Keep it up Mr. Jeff

  • @iditarod4081
    @iditarod4081 3 месяца назад +1

    "i know we can lose it all'

  • @MBarberfan4life
    @MBarberfan4life 4 месяца назад +50

    "Hahahaha!"~Lex Luthor

  • @SwissDollar
    @SwissDollar 2 месяца назад +4

    I like his laugh 😂

  • @louisdiblasi5441
    @louisdiblasi5441 3 месяца назад

    Mr. Bezoz, I recently listened to an interview where you stated what need will my business have today? And it will have, the same need, next year and even five years after that. You went on to say monies in that area are well spent. I am not sure if I ever heard that before, I do not believe I did. It is a simple concept and something I could always fall back to. Especially in those times in business when you say to yourself, "OK wait, what am I doing again."

  • @driftupdancestudio-danceac4561
    @driftupdancestudio-danceac4561 2 месяца назад

    Regret minimalization frame work

  • @kristinrutherford8779
    @kristinrutherford8779 4 месяца назад +3

    He was such a nice guy back then

  • @JenPurple2022
    @JenPurple2022 3 месяца назад

    I like how happy he is 😊

  • @TINGSBAR
    @TINGSBAR 4 месяца назад +6

    amazon had good office parties in 1996

  • @melie-n2n
    @melie-n2n 4 месяца назад +3

    The fact that his ex-wife loved him when he looked like and behaved like that considering she has always been physically stunning and charming, then he proceeded to cheat on her and leave her is unfathomable.

  • @IAmRayAnthony
    @IAmRayAnthony 3 месяца назад +1

    @9:44 It took 350 floppy disks to store Half a Gigabyte.........(crickets chirping).....🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

  • @a.s.2426
    @a.s.2426 4 месяца назад

    Could have been a character in Revenge of the Nerds.

  • @blek1987
    @blek1987 4 месяца назад

    "That's the beauty of technology"

  • @nyustdent
    @nyustdent 3 месяца назад

    who was that wall street guy? really smart