Amazon CEO Doesn’t Care About Profit Margins

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO, Jeff Bezos, has publicly stated that he doesn't care about profit margins. The surprising comment, which sounds more at home coming from the head of a non-profit, has some basis when considered in light of  the alternate business philosophy Bezos has been verbalizing for years.

In Bezos' view, Amazon.com doesn't need to increase its profit margin, what's important is that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) maximizes its free cash flow. According to the CEO "It’s the absolute dollar free cash flow per share that you want to maximize. If you can do that by lowering margins,...