This Christmas season, the success of Amazon.com has made people aware of e-commerce.
Wall Street is very fond of Amazon.com. Many investors want to invest in Amazon. On January 4, 1991, Sequoia Capital came to Amazon.
"Mr. Bezos, Sequoia Capital is very optimistic about the development of Amazon. Therefore, we plan to invest in Amazon. I wonder if your company intends to raise Series A financing?" The young man smiled and said to Jeff Bezos, "This time, we at Sequoia Capital have a very sincere attitude and are willing to invest 20 million US dollars. Your company only needs to sell 20% of the shares."
The behind-the-scenes boss of Amazon is Li Zetian. Where does Sequoia Capital need to raise financing, not to mention that Amazon's market value is $100 million, which is too small to underestimate Amazon. Jeff Bezos pouted and shook his head inwardly. However, he still refused politely: "I'm sorry, Mr. Barton, Amazon doesn't need financing for the time being!"
George Barton did not give up and said: "Mr. Bezos, although Amazon is the first company to do e-commerce, you know that more e-commerce sites will be established soon, and there are many followers behind, and there are many Strength. If Amazon does not raise funds and accelerate its development, I am afraid it will be caught up. Sequoia Capital not only gives Amazon funds, but more importantly, we have a variety of resources and contacts that can help Amazon Rapid development!"
Jeff Bezos still shook his head, "Mr. Barton, Amazon still has funds and does not need financing for the time being. If we really want to raise funds, we will notify Sequoia Capital!"
George Barton couldn't help but glanced at Jeff Bezos a few more times, thoughtfully, and then asked tentatively: "Mr. Bezos, does it mean that Amazon is really as the outside world says, the boss behind the scenes is the world's richest man Chronos Li?"
Jeff Bezoston laughed, "Mr. Barton, you should know that a lot of news is not credible. As for who the boss of Amazon is, hehe, I have no comment!"
"Isn't Chronos Li really the boss of Amazon?" George Barton asked again, wanting to make sure that if Li Zetian was the behind-the-scenes boss of Amazon, George Barton was ready to give up. If not, he will fight for it anyway, Amazon is too promising. Since the launch of the new website in December, sales have reached an astonishing $400 million this month. Sequoia Capital has always been fond of technology companies and has studied it more deeply than other investment firms. The Internet is developing rapidly, and the number of netizens has continued to increase. At present, with 1 million netizens, Amazon.com can achieve sales of 200 million US dollars. If the netizen speed reaches 100 million US dollars, can the monthly sales reach 20 billion US dollars? It can almost catch up with the sales of Walmart supermarkets for half a year!
At this time, Jeff Bezos smiled without saying a word, not wanting to answer.
Li Zetian told him not to reveal his identity.
If many people know that Li Zetian is the owner of Amazon.com, then there must be more people involved in e-commerce. People believe that Li Zetian's investment vision, the industry he is involved in, will definitely make money. At that time, the competitive pressure of Amazon will be particularly great! If companies such as Walmart supermarket, Sears retail store, or the largest chain of bookstores in the United States have entered e-commerce, these traditional companies have huge advantages. Once transformed, they will become giants! And Amazon.com will not be able to consolidate its e-commerce dominance.
There are only more than one million netizens now, and the netizens in the future are the real targets! Winning at the starting point may not have the last laugh, Li Zetian decided to keep a low profile!
Seeing that Jeff Bezos kept his mouth shut and didn't want to answer the question at all, George Barton left. If you can't invest in Amazon.com, invest in other e-commerce sites. After he left Amazon, he was a little upset. It has always been startups that go to Sequoia Capital for investment. This time, Sequoia Capital took the initiative to come to the door and expressed its willingness to invest, but it was rejected out of hand, and there was no chance to talk...
In fact, good projects never lack investment. In addition to Sequoia Capital, there are many investment companies coming to Amazon. Goldman Sachs valued Amazon.com at $300 million, but was rejected.
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With the rise of e-commerce, online banking has also flourished. Wells Fargo, under the name of Li Zetian, was the first company to open online banking. Over the past year, due to online banking, new depositors have increased by at least 100,000. Wells Fargo is the designated online banking partner of Amazon.com. As long as Amazon.com develops and grows, Wells Fargo will certainly benefit greatly!
As for third-party payment software, such as PayPal, Alipay, etc., Li Zetian has not considered development.
When there are more online banks in the future, PayPal will have the soil for development. Right now, there are hundreds of banks in the United States. If all these banks open online banking, there will be hundreds of online banks. Not to mention that it is very troublesome for e-commerce websites to cooperate with so many banks. When users choose a payment bank, they will be overwhelmed when they see so many banks. .
If an e-commerce site did not negotiate a partnership with Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo depositors would not be able to complete payments on the site, causing the transaction to fail.
As a third-party payment software, PayPal makes the relationship between websites, online banking and users easier and more convenient.
Wells Fargo has not yet become the top ten banks in the United States. Taking this opportunity, Li Zetian decided to expand rapidly and acquire other banks! First, to strengthen the bank itself; second, to promote online banking and Amazon.com.
If depositors have opened online banking, they will definitely come to Amazon.com to shop.
Of course, only Li Zetian can use the bank to promote the Amazon website. How can Amazon and Alibaba in the previous life have this kind of treatment.
At the beginning of Alibaba's development, many people knew Jack Ma and Alibaba as liars and liars!
There is no such thing if there is a bank guarantee.
At the headquarters of Wells Fargo, Li Zetian and Dongfang Yuqin were sitting on a black leather sofa, and there were several people sitting across from them.
Li Zetian was the first to say: "Since the 1980s, hundreds of companies have gone bankrupt in the United States, but Wells Fargo has been very good, maintaining profitability and developing rapidly! There are still many banks in a difficult situation at the moment. There is a problem with the above. I am going to invest 30 billion US dollars and let Wells Fargo buy these companies! I believe that with the management level of Wells Fargo, these banks will be able to turn around the profit and loss!!!”
As soon as the words fell, Li Zetian's shot was $30 billion, and several senior executives of Wells Fargo couldn't help being shocked.