Jeff
Bezos was just 31 when he launched Amazon.com in 1995. The road to success was long and hard, but his company later it (2) became the internet's biggest retailer, 'with the revenues
of almost $2bn and a customer base of(3) over 10 million. To his fans, Bezos is a
visionary, a retail revolutionary in the tradition of Richard Sears, whose
mail-order business was (5) changed American shopping in the late 19th and early
20th centuries. 'He saw the future in a concrete way before they (6) anyone else
did,' says Brad Silverberg, co-founder of a Seattle-based and (7) venture capital firm. 'He has done
more than anyone else never (8) in the world to change everyone's buying habits.
People go to the web and buy stuff because of Jeff Bezos. He created a
household word - that's for (10) an amazing accomplishment.' To many, Bezos will always remain the man who taught
the world to shop online.