Jeff Bezos worried aloud that Donald Trump, then an underdog presidential candidate, could “erode” American ...

Budding entrepreneurs mine his biography with cultish reverence. Bezos has played along, serving up anodyne "Jeff-isms" that are embraced by the business world as the secrets to effective management.

"In his autobiography, Walmart's founder expounds ... a willingness to try a lot of things and make many mistakes. Bezos included both in Amazon's corporate values," Stone writes.

When Jeff was 12, he was featured in a book called "Turning on Bright Minds: A Parent Looks at Gifted Education in Texas." The book describes Bezos as "friendly but serious" and "not particularly ...

In a letter, more than 400 employees asked Mr. Bezos, the company’s owner, to meet, saying they were “deeply alarmed” by ...