Jeff Bezos, counted among the richest in the world, had made news in September 2014 when, dressed in an Indian attire, he had flashed a magnified $2-billion cheque on top of a truck in Bengaluru, the headquarters of Amazon India. This was during his last visit to the country when he announced a $2-billion investment for the market, soon after rival Flipkart had said it was going for a $1-billion fund-raising.
Those were early days (having launched the Indian marketplace in 2013) for the Seattle-based internet major and Bezos had come down to thank the team after what he called