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[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Bezos had to start off somewhere.

Just a small loan of a quarter million dollars from his parents to bail out his failing company, which one would be hard-pressed to imagine he would have even had that much success in founding if not for his wealthy parents supporting his upbringing as they did.