So I believe an interesting insight here is that we have a lot of businesses that he has already built:
Amazon (Marketplace, Prime video, AWS, IOT devices) - Earth’s most consumer centric company (Focused on day to day consumer products)
Blue origin : Make space travel affordable
Washington Post : News & Media company
Bezos earth fund & academy : Education related
New business like these or a subsidiary business for amazon? - New business
Alright now let’s look at some of the synergies in his business decisions :
All of them are for Global markets - Something that is a key need for humans everywhere.
Now what are the core needs for a human :
Food
Water
Clothing
Shelter
Sleep
Be futuristic – Bezos backs moonshot ideas that reshape industries.
Food : Competitive
Water : Highly competitive , not much tech
Clothing : Highly competitive , not much tech
Shelter : Mostly government driven
Sleep : ??
Interesting problem statement : Help humans sleep better.
Amazon sleep :
Sleep pods
Sleep wearables
Store sleep data on cloud