Brad Stone (born 1971) is an American

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and ''

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'' bestselling author. Stone is the author of the books, ''Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire'' (2021), '' The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon'' (2013), '' The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley are Changing the World'', and ''Gearheads: the Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports''.

Early life and education

Stone was raised in suburban

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, and lives in

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. He is an alumnus of

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Career

Stone is senior executive editor of the global technology group at

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and based in Bloomberg's San Francisco bureau. Previously, Stone was a senior writer for ''

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'', for which he has written numerous in-depth cover stories on leading technology companies. Prior to Bloomberg, he was a reporter for ''

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'' and ''

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'' magazine. Stone is a frequent guest on ''

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'', a daily show focused on breaking technology news.

Works

In 2003, Simon & Schuster published his first book, ''Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports'', about the

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culture. On August 5, 2007, Stone published a story in ''The New York Times'' exposing ''

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'' editor

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as "

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," the author of ''The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs''. On June 28, 2012, Stone wrote in ''

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'' about his interactions with Frenchman Alexandre Despallieres, an alleged conman with suspected ties to the death of music executive Peter Ikin. In October 2013, Little, Brown & Co. published Stone's book ''The Everything Store'' about the rise of Amazon.com. Stone's reporting for the book led to the discovery of Jeff Bezos's biological father, an Arizona-based bike shop owner, who was previously unaware that his son was the founder and CEO of Amazon.com. In January 2017, Little, Brown & Co. published '' The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World''. In May 2021, Simon & Schuster published ''Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire'', about Amazon's rise to become a trillion-dollar company and Bezos's emergence as the wealthiest person in the world.

Awards and honors

* 2013

Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award ''Financial Times'' Business Book of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best business book of the year as determined by the ''Financial Times''. It aims to find the book that has 'the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern ...

, winner for ''The Everything Store''

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