This week: Jeff Bezos made a shadow in his own image. Now comes the $1.7 trillion test.
FILE - In this May 9, 2019, file photo Jeff Bezos speaks at an event before unveiling Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander in Washington. Two U.N. experts this week called for the U.S. to investigate a likely hack of Bezos' phone that could have involved Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. A commissioned forensic report found with “medium to high confidence” that Bezos' phone was compromised by a video MP4 file he received from the prince in May 2018.
On the other hand, not even the most vain of CEOs wants to see their company's stock plunge when they head for the exit .after 27 years struck the perfect middle ground. Amazon's shares barely budged in after-hours trading, fluctuating less than 1% in either direction. The market, in other words, shrugged., and he's responsible for turning a scrappy online book vendor into the third most valuable company in the world, worth $1.7 trillion.
“It’s cool, it’s only me back here. Chill.”
Too late. It's nice of him. But I am afraid of shadows.