Key lessons from Jeff Bezos’ last letter to shareholders

Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin and CEO of Amazon [REUTERS/Joshua Roberts]

After Jeff Bezos announced that he would be stepping down as the CEO of Amazon after 27 years in charge earlier in the year, many Amazonians, as well as the global business community, were keen to have a peek into his thoughts about the future of the company.

That picture emerged last week when Bezos published his last letter to shareholders as CEO. It was no surprise that the letter drew widespread attention, prompting New York Times columnist and editor Andrew Ross Sorkin to conclude that “this is, far and away the best shareholder letter I’ve ever read… there are some real and profound lessons in there.”