Luck was on his side. I guarantee you that there were 50 or more people with the same idea at the same time, maybe even with a bigger wad of cash to throw at their company. But luck defines so much in our life throughout our whole career. It’s the same, probably more so, with artists. Has a lot to do with who you know.

I also know Bezos worked a lot for this, it wasn’t just presented for him on a silver platter, but still. The amount of wealth he’s gathered is so shamelessly enormous, there’s bound to be victims because of it. And he takes zero responsibility for that.