In 1996, Kleiner Perkins invested $8 million for a 15% stake in Amazon.
Reflecting on that time, John Doerr, now Chairperson of Kleiner Perkins, shared his insights about Jeff Bezos and Amazon.
Billionaires' first jobs
Elon Musk: boiler room cleaner
Warren Buffett: paperboy
Jensen Huang: dishwasher/busboy
Mark Cuban: sold garbage bags
Steve Jobs: assembly line worker
Bill Gates: programmer
Michael Dell: dishwasher
Jeff Bezos: McDonal
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