Jeff Bezos Flown From Galapagos to Treat Kidney Stones
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Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. gives the Galapagos Islands five stars, though getting sick there doesn’t rate quite as highly.
The founder of the biggest online retailer was airlifted on Jan. 1 by an Ecuadorian Navy helicopter because of a medical emergency caused by kidney stones, according to Drew Herdener, a spokesman for the Seattle-based company. Bezos was on a cruise of the Pacific Ocean archipelago.