Jeff Bezos: "Nerd of the Amazon" | 60 Minutes Archive

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Published 2024-07-05

Bob Simon profiled Jeff Bezos for 60 Minutes in 1999, when Amazon was known as "Earth's biggest bookstore."

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All Comments (21)

@polkcountyboxbreaks 14 days ago

Dude was throwing some crazy shade while walking down that street 😂
@311guy1 14 days ago

The part where they discuss Amazon being more valuable than Sears and is that realistic. Oh how much has changed since this aired.
@Digital_Native99 14 days ago

I love these kind of videos where they show the early days of the Tech Giants they are now.
@circlepityeah 14 days ago

9:45 when we talked about data and storage using floppy disk 😂
@007thematrix007 14 days ago

that laugh at the end 🤣 lolol .....
@JohnCasteel1333 14 days ago

I’m 35 now, he was in 1999 I was 9 lol
@Jamal_Ginsberg 14 days ago

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.
@swendoodle 14 days ago

KEEP UP THE ARCHIVE EPISODES!!!!!!
@mattmayo3539 14 days ago

“What’s with the Honda?” Stealth wealth at its finest.
@5600hp 14 days ago

Man I’m loving these kinds of historical videos. Learned something from both stock market perspective and how they become a giant company.
@BushMann731 14 days ago

Love the archive episodes! Thanks 😊
@Anonymous-KB 14 days ago

i'm watching a 60 minutes that was posted 60 minutes ago....
@MBarberfan4life 14 days ago

"Hahahaha!"~Lex Luthor
@ILGlocker 14 days ago

I opened my account in 1999. I knew they had something going. Why I never invested I don't know.
@jawdrop6038 14 days ago

NVDIA is next “microprocessor” seems like anytime a company is featured on 60 minutes, 10-20 years later it’s even bigger.
@nikosvault 14 days ago

9:33 sh*t just got real for Mr. Simon.
@jd415 14 days ago

Happy 30th birthday Amazon!
@ianbrooks9686 14 days ago

I loved Amazon when it was just a bookstore, I got expelled so i homeschooled myself for a year with Amazon. 2000
@keith3362 14 days ago

Fast fwd to today, he didn’t like being nerdy, shave the head and get jacked ditch wife for different trophy wife….maybe he was better off back then. I think he didn’t minimize regrets he will have at 80.
@jgg204 5 days ago

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