Jeff Bezos

18 statements across 13 episodes · 4 bullish · 9 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 31, 2020 by David Sacks · said 270 times in 79 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Everything said about Jeff Bezos, oldest first

Jul 31, 2020 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Amazon is the scariest monopoly because it endlessly expands into adjacencies
“I think he's the scariest monopolist out of the whole bunch. You know, if you look at kind of Amazon versus say Google or Facebook or Apple, I mean, those other companies are sort of sticking to their original footprint. Whereas Amazon keeps expanding into new…”
David Sacks Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 1:13:30 E6: Big Tech antitrust aftermath, potential effects of an M&A clampdown on Silicon Valley & more
Dec 4, 2020 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Calacanis: Bezos's $10B pledge is the largest single-cause donation ever
“Ten billion dollars is the largest contribution ever made for to a single cause.”
Jason Calacanis Dec 4, 2020 ▶ 1:18:35 E14: Salesforce acquires Slack, DeepMind’s AlphaFold breakthrough, Trust Fund Socialists & more
Apr 1, 2021 negative
What-if
Friedberg: Capping Bezos at $1B would have destroyed Amazon's future societal benefit
“If Jeff Bezos stopped building Amazon, when he made a billion dollars because he was forced to by the government. At that point, all the future benefit of Amazon would have been lost.”
David Friedberg Apr 1, 2021 ▶ 57:12 E28: Current state of public & private markets, Archegos debacle, US debt issues, wealth tax & more
Jun 13, 2021 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Friedberg predicts Jeff Bezos will announce he is becoming Blue Origin CEO
“My prediction is Bezos is going to come back, and he's going to announce that he's going to be the CEO of Blue Origin.”
David Friedberg Jun 13, 2021 ▶ 29:17 E35: Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug approval, the billionaire space race, Bitcoin & more
Jun 13, 2021 negative
Opinion
Sacks calls Jeff Bezos's spaceflight decision a foolish idea enabled by sycophants
“Quite frankly, I think this is a brain fart that the people around him are telling him smells like perfume and they should be telling him, dude, what are you thinking?”
David Sacks Jun 13, 2021 ▶ 30:16 E35: Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug approval, the billionaire space race, Bitcoin & more
Jun 13, 2021 negative
What-if
Calacanis: 5% to 10% of Blue Origin test flights would have been fatal
“Blue Urgent's done 20 some odd flights, two of which went south and probably would have existed resulted in death. So I think five to 10% of Blue Urgent's fight flights would have killed.”
Jason Calacanis Jun 13, 2021 ▶ 27:27 E35: Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug approval, the billionaire space race, Bitcoin & more
Jul 16, 2021 negative
Opinion
Calacanis: Bezos mocking Virgin Galactic's spaceflight was ungraceful and bitter
“It's just totally classless. It shows that Bezos has a competitive streak, which is just not Graceful, I would say. And I think there's a little bit of bitterness there.”
Jason Calacanis Jul 16, 2021 ▶ 1:11:14 E40: A Bestie gets COVID, Delta breakthrough, Billionaire Space Race & more
Aug 28, 2021 negative
Insight
Chamath: Filing lawsuits alienates the top technical talent Blue Origin needs
“In order for Jeff to achieve his ambitions, he needs deeply technical people. And this is the simplest way to basically turn them off because this is not what technical people do.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 28, 2021 ▶ 1:25:39 E44: USA's Afghanistan embarrassment, China's new algo laws, future of robots + Italy recap!
Nov 13, 2021
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Musk and Bezos sold over $11B in stock in 2021
“Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have collectively sold more than eleven billion dollars of their holdings this year alone.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 13, 2021 ▶ 10:37 E55: Valuing crypto projects, Rivian worth $100B+, inflation: causes and corrections and more
Nov 13, 2021 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chamath: The two smartest men in the world are selling
“Everything is at all time highs. And the two smartest men in the world are selling.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 13, 2021 ▶ 23:25 E55: Valuing crypto projects, Rivian worth $100B+, inflation: causes and corrections and more
Nov 13, 2021 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Chamath: Jeff Bezos sold $6.6B of Amazon stock in 2021
“Bezos had a track record of selling roughly a billion dollars of Amazon stock every year, and this year he, you know, snap sold 6.6 billion.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 13, 2021 ▶ 1:29:45 E55: Valuing crypto projects, Rivian worth $100B+, inflation: causes and corrections and more
Nov 13, 2021 bullish
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Bezos achieved a 42% ROIC reinvesting Amazon's free cash flow
“We calculated what Bezos is investment track record was, right? Because he basically took all his free cash flow and reinvested it in the business and you could measure what his return on invested capital was, and it was like, 42% and on a really big number on…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 13, 2021 ▶ 1:29:05 E55: Valuing crypto projects, Rivian worth $100B+, inflation: causes and corrections and more
Nov 20, 2021 positive
Opinion
Calacanis: Jeff Bezos has done more for Bernie Sanders than anybody
“Bezos has done more for Bernie's platform than anybody.”
Jason Calacanis Nov 20, 2021 ▶ 1:00:39 E56: Constitution DAO, Rittenhouse trial coverage, private sector efficiency vs the government
Apr 16, 2022 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Media exhibits hypocrisy covering Bezos versus Musk acquisitions
“Back in 2013, Business Insider's headline was, Billionaire Jeff Bezos, Washington Post Buy, marks a fascinating cultural transition in America. So these guys are completely hypocritical. When it's a billionaire that they like, they praise it. When it's a billi…”
David Sacks Apr 16, 2022 ▶ 31:48 E76: Elon vs. Twitter
Mar 17, 2023 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: There is a distinct possibility Jeff Bezos becomes US president
“I still think it's a distinct possibility.”
Jason Calacanis Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 44:42 E120: Banking crisis and the great VC reset
Aug 18, 2023
Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2028
Calacanis predicts Jeff Bezos will run for U.S. president in his lifetime
“I think Jeff Bezos will run in his lifetime, and not necessarily this one.”
Jason Calacanis Aug 18, 2023 ▶ 1:20:31 E142: "Rich Men North of Richmond" hits #1, upward mobility, real estate capital crunch, Trump RICO
Nov 1, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Friedberg: Jeff Bezos will fail to reform The Washington Post
“I don't think that Jeff Bezos's attempt to try and return WAPO back to being a fact-finding organization is going to be successful.”
David Friedberg Nov 1, 2024 ▶ 44:59 Inflated GDP?, Google earnings, How the media lost trust, Rogan/Trump search controversy, Election!
Mar 1, 2025 neutral
Opinion
Chamath: Jeff Bezos aims to influence D.C. Beltway insiders via WaPo
“I think he's trying to have a direct influence on the ideas that folks inside the beltway read.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Mar 1, 2025 ▶ 1:12:02 Epstein Files Flop, State of the Market, Autonomous Robots, Trump's Gold Card, Friedberg on Jeopardy
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