When Jeff Bezos said, my dream job is not running Amazon; but making slow, high-end ...

Jeff Bezos has been credited to change the way people shop, however, the Amazon.com founder once revealed that his dream job was not running a trillion-dollar tech empire. In fact, his dream job was nothing related to technology but crafting high-end cocktails behind a bar. He was replying to a question from his brother Mark who asked about his dream job if money wasn't a factor.

“I pride myself on my craft cocktails. I do have this fantasy that I want to be a bartender,” he said. The conversation in question is a 2017 discussion. While opening up more on his “fantasy” job, Bezos said that he has “glamorised the job” in his mind, but he loves talking about a well-made drink.

Not a bartender material, says Jeff Bezos

Bezos, however, said that he is not a ‘bartender material’ because he is slow and takes his time when crafting cocktails. “I'm super slow,” he said, joking that his bar would charge premium prices to make drinks slow. Bezos also said he would have a sign behind him, “You can have it good or you can have it fast.”

Amazon and how it changed shopping industry

While Bezos may not have got his dream job, he made billions from heading Amazon. He has a net worth of $238.4 billion, according to Forbes Billionaire List, making him the fourth richest person on Earth. He founded the e-commerce giant in 1994, which is now worth nearly $2.5 trillion.

In 2021, he stepped down as Amazon's chief executive officer. Bezos also founded Blue Origin, a space company focused on making space travel safer and more affordable, and competes with Elon Musk.

Recently, Bezos again took a job where he will serve as co-CEO of a new AI startup that focuses on engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles and spacecraft. The company is called Project Prometheus and it garnered $6.2 billion in funding, partly from his own company Amazon, making it one of the most well-financed early-stage startups in the world.