Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos gave the Baccalaureate address to Princeton University's Class of 2010. Bezos graduated from Princeton in 1986 with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. He was introduced by Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman.

Bezos spoke to the Class of 2010 about the difference between choices and gifts. Cleverness, Bezos pointed out, is a gift, while being kind to others is a choice. One's character, he suggested, is reflected not in the gifts one is endowed with at birth but rather by the choices one makes over the course of a lifetime. Full transcript here:

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[Manni Kanhaiya]

talk starts at 6:26

[nickgodddard]

This video should be called "Scholarly woman introduces Jeff Bezos." Sheesh!

[Nguyen Doan]

that was really moved and meaningful

[Thuy Yuizaki]

less*

[Amit Khandelwal]

awesome speech :)

[21krizchristensen]

You're lucky then.

[Joseph Dutra]

i love Amazon!

[Mohsen Chitsaz]

the way she introduces Jeff is so annoying

[Mohsen Chitsaz]

the way she introduces Jeff is so annoying

[yaabr]

when he start talking about his grandparents i was thinking ".. ._.?" but when he ended, i was like, this makes sense º-º ~ its hard be clever than kind, cleververness is gift, kindness is choice.

[Malcolm Pagett]

"The Last Safe Path".

[Exodent]

This speech was deep Jeff Bezos is a great man.