When Jeff Bezos’s mother lent him $300,000 to start Amazon, she asked that he keep a part-time job. The obedient son ignored her just this once and now she has enough money to fund NASA for more than a year

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When Jeff Bezos’s mother lent him $300,000 to start Amazon, she asked that he keep a part-time job. The obedient son ignored her just this once and now she has enough money to fund NASA for more than a year

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It may be the only time in history when a son’s refusal to heed maternal advice resulted in his mother becoming one of the wealthiest women in the world. When Jeff Bezos approached his parents for $300,000 from their retirement savings to start an online bookstore, his mother Jackie…

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