Right at the time when Jeff Bezos decides to leave his role of company CEO, it is interesting to look back at Amazon's past years. And it is quite impressive. The company was founded almost 25 years ago on July 16th, 1995. First, it claimed to be "earth's biggest bookstore". If that seemed presumptuous, it should not have: Amazon is now not only the biggest bookstore in the world, it is simply, the biggest store in the world, period. Bezos continuously decided to sacrifice short-term gains for long-term growth, with a 70 years road map ahead. This long-term strategy has paid off big time, turning Amazon into a $1.7 trillion company.