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The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was.
Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 12
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Jeffrey Preston Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen
Jeff Preston Bezos
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