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		jrflowers 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon and the “Profitless Business Model” Fallacy That’s not what profit is

I_dream_of_Geni 3 months ago [–]

I'm sure you are right. Bezos hasn't 'profited' from Amazon. I was making a different point.

SR2Z 89 days ago | [–]

I think you were deliberately being obtuse. Bezos' net worth is not realizable in full and what he does have is directly the result of Amazon being profitable as a business.

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