Bloomberg Game Changers to Feature Amazon.com Founder Jeff Bezos

Tomorrow, May 17th at 9pm/ET and 9pm/PT, Bloomberg TV’s “Bloomberg Game Changers” series profiles Jeff Bezos, the billionaire CEO and founder of Amazon.com.

Jeff Bezos didn’t just invent online shopping, he transformed it into a $34 billion a year business. This week, “Bloomberg Game Changers” examines the rise of this aggressive entrepreneur, who founded what has become the world’s most successful online retailer.  Learn how Jeff Bezos navigated the dot-com bubble of the late 90’s, introduced innovative products like the Kindle and acquired America’s leading online shoe retailer Zappos.com.  Along the way, Bloomberg Television also takes a look at Bezos’ appetite for risk and motivations for re-writing the rules of retail.

“Bloomberg Game Changers” will also examine key moment in the life of the intensely private Bezos, including his near-death in a 2003 aviation accident and his interest in developing rockets for human space travel.

Featuring interviews with: former Amazon employees James Marcus (employee #55) and Eric Best, manager of business development at Amazon.com; tech entrepreneur Esther Dyson; Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh; Wired magazine editor-in-chief Chris Anderson; Business Insider editor Nicholas Carlson and former Harper Collins CEO Jane Friedman.