Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: Big Businesses Should Be Scrutinized, Not Vilified

Speaking at an event in D.C., the CEO addresses antitrust concerns but declines to reveal the HQ2 winning city

WASHINGTON—Jeff Bezos, facing political backlash over Amazon.com Inc.’s growing market dominance, said Thursday that while big companies deserve to be scrutinized, politicians shouldn’t “vilify” them.

Mr. Bezos, Amazon’s boss and the world’s wealthiest person, addressed the antitrust concerns in a wide-ranging and rare public interview hosted by the Economic Club in Washington, D.C.

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