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Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos has taken to social media to reply to a post from Polymarket, saying it’s been made up.
On January 22, the prediction market Polymarket posted on X saying: “JUST IN: Jeff Bezos advises aspiring Gen Z entrepreneurs to start at real world jobs like McDonalds or Palantir before starting a business.”
The post has since racked up 5.5 million views, with over 8,700 likes and over 1,300 reposts.
The 62-year-old quickly denied the post though, as he took to his X account to reply to the original Polymarket post with “Nope. Not sure why polymarket made this up.”
Nope. Not sure why polymarket made this up. 🤷♂️
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) January 22, 2026
It’s quite rare for the founder to reply to such a post, with the last tweet he posted being in December to welcome the new president of his company Blue Origin. Now, the original tweet has had a community note added to say the man has rejected this.
Polymarket about Jeff Bezos causes entrepreneur to respond
Also in the thread, X owner Elon Musk replied to Bezos to say: “Well, the President worked at McDonald’s and now he’s the President.”
While it’s not known where the actual claim came from, Business Insider reported that during Italian Tech Week in November, the Amazon founder suggested young entrepreneurs work before building their one business, rather than dropping out of education.
“It is possible to, you know, be 18, 19, 20 years old, drop out of college, and be a great entrepreneur,” he is reported as having said.
“We have famous examples of that working: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, etcetera. But these people are the exception.”
“I always advise young people, you know, go work at a best practices company somewhere, where you can learn a lot of basic fundamental things,” Bezos added. “There’s still lots of time to start a company after you have absorbed it. It increases your odds, in my opinion.”
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