Nobody was there when he started out, why on earth should he earn the same as Employee #50,312?
Not a single person on here has not ever bought or visited amazon.com, that is total domination and he's got them there by coming up with this, having a vision and building the right team. I have two books on Amazon and there are definitely some shady practices in how they treat employees - I personally get why people aren't happy about working there, but when it comes to the results - this dude earned them billions and should be rewarded for it. I am not the 'fukk everybody just make money' type don't get me wrong, he should most definitely use his means to help the less fortunate, Amazon should most definitely make sure they pay all their employees what they are worth including the entry level employees. They don't have to pay minimum wage, they should pay more and make their employees as happy as their customers - that is my one big knock on their organization. BUT.. he earned that money. And of course it's ridiculous that people are starving and he makes their salary in 9 seconds, but we - and this is reality - live in a capitalistic world.. and he maxed out on his opportunities as a white guy in the right time, right place with the right vision.