# Professor Richard Sylla is quoted in a story on Jeff Bezos' comments on corporate longevity

1 Faculty News November 16, 2018 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/elisabethbrier/2018/11/16/do-big-businesses-die-young-fact-checking-jeff-bezos/#2558f2e15c7b)-- "'Of course young companies outnumber the old,' says Sylla. 'Many of the largest companies started between 1880 and 1920, but many more have grown large after 1950 so they wouldn't quite be centenarians. Yet.'"

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