Jeff Bezos took 60 meetings to raise Amazon’s first $1 million. Now worth $361 billion, he says the cure for stress is to ‘take the first step’

Fortune•Sat, Oct 24, 2026, 01:21 PM•2 min read

Bezos worked through decades of stress to build the No. 1 Fortune 500 company.

Source: [Fortune](https://fortune.com/article/what-is-jeff-bezos-net-worth-how-many-meetings-for-amazon-initial-funding-how-to-handle-stress/)

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