The Everything Store
| Industry | E-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, artificial intelligence |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Jeff Bezos |
| Headquarters | Seattle , United States |
| Products | Amazon Prime, Kindle, Amazon Web Services |
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon is a bestselling 2013 publication authored by journalist Brad Stone. It documents the emergence of Amazon.com during the 1990s, its near failure amid the dot-com bust, and its revival driven by innovations such as Amazon Prime, the Kindle, and Amazon Web Services. The narrative also explores founder Jeff Bezos's formative years and his tenure at the quantitative hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co., LLP. Stone's investigative work included tracking down Bezos’s biological father, Ted Jorgensen, who was unaware of his son's commercial achievements.
The 2014 paperback release incorporates a detailed email from Amazon’s inaugural CFO, the late Joy Covey.
Stone’s analysis of Amazon’s internal dynamics and relationships with suppliers has shaped regulatory and legislative discussions.
Reception
Achieving bestseller status on both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal lists, the book has been translated into more than 35 languages and earned the 2013 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award. It notably received a one-star review on Amazon from Jeff Bezos’s then-wife, MacKenzie Bezos, who pointed out inaccuracies but specified only one factual mistake concerning Bezos's reading of Remains of the Day. Stone interviewed numerous current and former Amazon executives along with Bezos’s family and acquaintances; however, direct contact with Bezos himself was limited.