In twenty-five years of rapacious growth, Seattle's small online bookseller has reached the summit of global commerce. Its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, is now the richest man on the planet.
Benoît Berthelot has devoted three years to uncovering the company's most secret workings through unprecedented investigations worldwide. From Jeff Bezos' closest collaborators to warehouse workers and high-ranking engineers, he met with more than 150 employees who entrusted him with exclusive and confidential documents. Once assembled, these puzzle pieces coalesce into the portrait of a sprawling and out-of-control empire.