...D. E. Shaw (a hedge fund business, where Bezos had risen to become the company’s youngest senior vice-president within two years, making a lot of money for the firm and for himself) was a stable, proven company; Bezos would give that up for an unknown. He would be losing his extremely high salary and living without an income for some time. There was a good chance his online bookstore would never make money. Shaw asked Jeff to reconsider...
...D. E. Shaw (a hedge fund business, where Bezos had risen to become the company’s youngest senior vice-president within two years, making a lot of money for the firm and for himself) was a stable, proven company; Bezos would give that up for an unknown. He would be losing his extremely high salary and living without an income for some time. There was a good chance his online bookstore would never make money. Shaw asked Jeff to reconsider...
