Jeff Bezos Says 'I Started Amazon at 30, Not 20' and Warns Gen Z Not To Drop Out of College Like Gates or Zuckerberg. 'These People Are the Exception'

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Plenty of Gen Z dreamers are ready to quit college, launch a startup, and become the next Mark Zuckerberg. Or Bill Gates. Or the next billionaire dropout that tech lore loves to glamorize. But Jeff Bezos? He's not buying the hype. And he's got a very different blueprint—one that includes college, a job, and a few years in the real world before trying to change it.

Bezos didn't build Amazon in a dorm room on two hours of sleep and microwave noodles. He built it after a decade of experience in finance. "I started Amazon when I was 30, not when I was 20," Bezos said during an on-stage appearance at Italian Tech Week last month. "And I think that that extra 10 years of experience actually improved the odds that Amazon would succeed."