Bezos. Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos is a man who doesn’t just play the game—he changes it. He has wrested creative control of the Bond franchise from the Broccoli family who had held it since 1965. He directed The Washington Post to confine its opinions to free markets and personal freedoms. And most recently, he decided to launch Katy Perry, Gayle King, and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez into space.?
Bezos’s physical transformation from geek with a maniacal laugh to buff bald-headed geek with a maniacal laugh has been well-documented. When you picture Jeff Bezos today, you think smooth head, tight t-shirt, and bulging biceps. Gone are the Honda, the founding spouse, and any trace of humility.
Bezos spent half a billion dollars on a yacht, a seafaring home base where he presumably goes for a little me time and to plot his next strategic move. Yearly maintenance on the yacht is equivalent to the annual wages of 667 Amazon warehouse workers.
Tech journalist Kara Swisher has referred to Bezos as ‘venal’ adding, “I had no doubt that Jeff Bezos would eat my face off if that’s what he needed to do to get ahead.”?
Bezos seems to relish Swisher’s feral characterization: “You want something? Be ruthless like a wolf. Go after what’s yours.”
Jeff Bezos may have stepped away from Amazon’s day-to-day operations, but his presence looms large. CEO Andy Jassy is the one delivering the orders, demanding employees return to the office or else, while the billions keep rolling in.
Factor in a fleet of private jets, a record-breaking $165 million Beverly Hills estate, and a portfolio of luxury New York apartments, and my top-line Recovering MBA analysis is complete.
To recap, Jeff Bezos is a:
?Power-hungry mastermind with…
?Distinctive physical and psychological quirks who has an…
?Elaborate lair and is described as…
?Charismatic but ruthless with a…
?Unique henchman or enforcer and…
?A taste for the extravagant
Jeff Bezos almost too perfectly fits the profile of a Bond villain. But what if the Bond villain owns Bond, sidestepping the hubris, the arrogance, the sense of invincibility that is the downfall of all great Bond villains??
What if the Bond villain controls Bond’s narrative??
Bond is the epitome of personal freedom, but he hasn’t yet fully embraced free markets. That’s about to change. His missions are no longer about protecting nations: they’re about enforcing economic order. The enemy isn’t a rogue state or a madman with a death ray. It’s inefficiency. Regulation. Resistance. And Bond, as always, will do what needs to be done.
Under the Broccoli’s creative control, James Bond was permitted to sell upscale products. Now James Bond will be himself a product with numerous line extensions, as well as a lucrative role as brand ambassador to whoever is willing to pay the price.?
The first question Bezos asked the denizens of X when he took over the Bond franchise was: “?Who’d you pick as the next Bond?”
Who do you think will take up the mantle of this iconic franchise?
I’m betting that he’s bald.
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22 小时前Random thoughts about Jeff Bezos: Does Jeff Bezos ever consider buying a small country, something modest and picturesque, like Estonia? Has he ever considered buying the Mona Lisa and eating it? What does Jeff Bezos’s scalp taste like? I imagine it tastes like my laptop’s shell, metallic and a little salty. Does Jeff Bezos look at pictures of the old Jeff Bezos and pretend not to know that guy? Did Jeff Bezos consciously decide to look like Star Trek’s Jean-Luc Picard or was it an accident? Did some super yacht salesman talk Jeff Bezos into buying the support yacht for his $500 million yacht, or was it his idea? Would Jeff Bezos hire me? Why do I want to be the type of person Jeff Bezos would hire? What is Jeff Bezos doing right now? Has Jeff Bezos ever worked in an Amazon warehouse just to see if he could hack it? Does Jeff Bezos fantasize about shooting down Elon Musk’s spaceships? What does Jeff Bezos fantasize about? Does Jeff Bezos look at the extraordinary philanthropy of his ex-wife Mackenzie and wonder if spaceships count as charitable donations to rich white guys with a Star Trek fetish? Is Jeff Bezos an algorithm in human casing?
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2 天前How about a casting suggestion? I’d love to see Stanley Tucci as James Bezos Bond!
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2 天前I see a man with so much money and success, he has to find new thrills. And if he loses a few million in the process of rediscovering or rebranding, that’s just the cost of R&D.
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