Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com, Inc. in 1994 and today it is the fifth-largest company globally with a market capitalization of $1.895 trillion. However, did you know Bezos did not always plan to become an entrepreneur? In fact, he was studying to become a theoretical physicist.
What Happened: In 2018, during a conversation with the Economic Club president David M. Rubenstein, Bezos spoke about his time at Princeton University. He said, “Because I wanted to be a theoretical physicist and so I went to Princeton and I was a really good student.”
In his junior year, he was taking multiple classes like quantum mechanics, computer science, and electrical engineering, and enjoying most of it. However, a partial differential equation floored him.
Bezos said ...