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Obsess about customers, not competitors.

Jeff Bezos

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Jeff Bezos
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 12
Astronaut
Computer Scientist
Entrepreneur
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Jeffrey Preston Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen
Jeff Preston Bezos
Jeffrey Preston ''Jeff'' Bezos
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