"JUST IN: Jeff Bezos advises aspiring Gen Z entrepreneurs to start at real world jobs like McDonalds or Palantir before starting a business,"
"Nope. Not sure why polymarket made this up. 🤷‍♂️- Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) January 22, 2026"
""It is possible to, you know, be 18, 19, 20 years old, drop out of college, and be a great entrepreneur," Bezos said. "We have famous examples of that working: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, etcetera. But these people are the exception." "I always advise to young people, you know, go work at a best practices company somewhere, where you can learn a lot of basic fundamental things," Bezos continued. "There's still lots of time to start a company after you have absorbed it.""
Jeff Bezos publicly accused prediction platform Polymarket of fabricating a statement attributed to him that recommended Gen Z entrepreneurs start at McDonald's or Palantir. Polymarket posted an aggregated message claiming Bezos advised such career steps; Bezos denied that attribution on X. Polymarket’s account often shares aggregated news without citing original sources and did not immediately comment. Bezos has recommended that young people gain experience at established, best-practices companies before launching startups, noting that while some famous founders dropped out, those cases are the exception. Bezos has also spoken favorably about his own early job at McDonald's.
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