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> Whew, Bezos practically had billionaire status handed to him.

Counterargument: he was in the right place, at the right time, and happened to be working in a sector that made it easy to pivot into online retail.

Not to say that his skill/leadership wasn't involved in going from say 2bn to 100bn, but he lucked out in timing.

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Every major business did too.

Explain how Bezos was "lucky" that every other online bookstore failed to do what Amazon.com did.

Wouldn't luck work that specific outcome? One lottery ticket holder manages to do what others in the same situation didn't.

Of course he is talented, but I don't believe him to be somehow absolutely unique, rather just some suitable combination of talented, connected, and lucky.

That's moving the goalposts from "lucky", to "talented, connected, and lucky", which is a huge move.

Building a massive business is not something that anyone has the same "lottery ticket" chance to do successfully, even if given the same connections and support Bezos had.

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