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The most important single thing is to focus obsessively on the customer. Our goal is to be earth's most customer-centric company.

Jeff Bezos

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Jeff Bezos
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 12
Astronaut
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Jeffrey Preston Bezos
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