Who was it here looking for a sugar momma?

[oftpiste]

was thinking about y'all when I saw that.

There was a lot of profanity at home when the news broke.

Not a complete surprise though.





You know that for a fact or just anecdotally?

[oftpiste]

no doubt she'll be fine. I was referring to the pre-nup on hub #2 (aka me).

I dunno. Thankfully she married him in '93 which was pre-Amazon ('94), so maybe there's a chance she does quite well on this one? At least I hope so. Jeff's a dick.

[Bobby Stainless]

Estimate I saw was 68 billion. Give or take.

Wonder if she needs a car?

[Foggy_Goggles]

Pay attention Austin, the answers are here. Remember, there are only a couple of degrees of separation between the maggots and just about anyone.

[SumJongGuy]

Don't know if there are any other threads about Bezos so posting this here. I'm amazed at how things worked out for him with Amazon. I was thinking that going "all in" on books in the late 90s/early00s was a terrible business decision. He parlayed that over to ebooks then opened up the platform to selling anything and everything with unprecedented success. All started from going all in on a dying industry.

[The AD]

I had always assumed Jeff Bezos was gay until I found out he was married.

[fatnslow]

Don't know if there are any other threads about Bezos so posting this here. I'm amazed at how things worked out for him with Amazon. I was thinking that going "all in" on books in the late 90s/early00s was a terrible business decision. He parlayed that over to ebooks then opened up the platform to selling anything and everything with unprecedented success. All started from going all in on a dying industry.

It's still cloud services that funds everything for them.

[MontuckyFried]

no doubt she'll be fine. I was referring to the pre-nup on hub #2 (aka me).

Ah, I see. You just KNOW she's fully aware that everybody will obviously be interested in her for her mon..., err, I meant glowing personality. But hey, I'm down with a prenup since money will never, ever be an issue again. She'll be taking great care of me since I'll be ...ahem... "taking care" of her. I wouldn't care if she was 90. I'd love her long time.

Pay attention Austin, the answers are here. Remember, there are only a couple of degrees of separation between the maggots and just about anyone.

That's wild. Sounds like Brit has some stories for us! What a small world!

[PNWbrit]

Don't know if there are any other threads about Bezos so posting this here. I'm amazed at how things worked out for him with Amazon. I was thinking that going "all in" on books in the late 90s/early00s was a terrible business decision. He parlayed that over to ebooks then opened up the platform to selling anything and everything with unprecedented success. All started from going all in on a dying industry.

There is still a booming industry based entirely on what a bad business idea it was.

[SumJongGuy]

There is still a booming industry based entirely on what a bad business idea it was.

I was referring to PAPER books. He started with paper books.

[PNWbrit]

I was referring.

I was referring to the industry devoted to explaining how Amazon will never succeed.

Still.

[Self Jupiter]

[Danno]

I was referring to the industry devoted to explaining how Amazon will never succeed.

Still.

I used to marvel at how people would bash Amazon some 15+ years ago, how they had never turned a profit. I would ask them how they defined "profit", and of course it was the very strict definition on a balance sheet. Of course, while Amazon didn't even turn a profit until maybe 2002, and was in the red until 2009, they had grown exponentially. A different kind of profit. A company that goes from $438M valuation at its IPO to $460B 20 years later has turned a hell of a profit, regardless of what its balance sheet showed.

[DBdude]

I used to marvel at how people would bash Amazon some 15+ years ago, how they had never turned a profit. I would ask them how they defined "profit", and of course it was the very strict definition on a balance sheet. Of course, while Amazon didn't even turn a profit until maybe 2002, and was in the red until 2009, they had grown exponentially. A different kind of profit. A company that goes from $438M valuation at its IPO to $460B 20 years later has turned a hell of a profit, regardless of what its balance sheet showed.

oye - there is no such thing as a different profit. stock market capitalization does not equal profit. the easiest way to look at stock price is as a measure of future earnings versus the risk free rate

second - back in the day, amazon wasn't run to make a profit. they could have been profitable in the late 90's. and yes I was there...not in a great position, but I was accounting staff

[PNWbrit]

back in the day, amazon wasn't run to make a profit

This is what led to the cottage industry of naysayers feeding a nation full of day traders nonsense analysis.

[JimmyCarter]

This is what led to the cottage industry of naysayers feeding a nation full of day traders nonsense analysis.

And now there's a cottage industry for divorce analysis from people who knew nothing about the couple two days ago. That said, we will hopefully get more gems like this:
https://www.nationalenquirer.com/cel...ffair-scandal/

Money can not buy you game, but it can sure as shit make women overlook that.

[Ted Striker]

This is what led to the cottage industry of naysayers feeding a nation full of day traders nonsense analysis.

I find it amusing that it's happening right in this thread - even in the face of at least three people with direct connections to the company. A few 'whoosh' moments for sure.

[Danno]

oye - there is no such thing as a different profit. stock market capitalization does not equal profit. the easiest way to look at stock price is as a measure of future earnings versus the risk free rate

I would ask them how they defined "profit", and of course it was the very strict definition on a balance sheet.

.

[Bobby Stainless]

Classic. Ricky Roma is the man.

[Kenny Satch]

Didn't realize this about Mackenzie Bezos.
Just deleted a thread
Thanks Danno

[Danno]

You're welcome, but we could use your picture of the rich newly single hotness.

[iceman]

What does the other guy say at the end there? "Something somethng you know they're wrong" I can't make the first part out.

[Self Jupiter]

Added to which you know they’re wrong

I think?

[Kenny Satch]

You're welcome, but we could use your picture of the rich newly single hotness.

Alrighty then

[iceman]

Added to which you know they’re wrong

I think?

I think that's it, thanks. Makes sense.