Bezos received 600 million dollars from the CIA; that amount boosted his profits. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-20/cia-washington-post-and-russia-what-youre-not-being-told
The guy is some kind of mad genius. Somehow he has found a way to lose money on nearly every deal, and still grow business and revenue at a phenome rate for nearly 2 decades.