Jeff Bezos got his revenge after 1999 audience laughed at him after admitting that Amazon make no profit

There’s an old saying: he who laughs last laughs longest.

Sat opposite legendary late night host Jay Leno on his show, Bezos seemed unfazed when discussing how Amazon had never made a profit.

“Here’s the thing I don’t understand, the company is worth billions and every time I pick up the paper each year it loses more money than it lost the year before,” says the seasoned talk show presenter, with the audience erupting into laughter off screen.

When pressed as to why this was, Bezos then jokes: “It seems like a new math, doesn’t it?”

He even quips about a series of cartoons based upon this fact, still smiling and poking fun at Amazon’s business model.

“We are a famously unprofitable company and we are investing in the future, which isn’t unusual,” he tells the audience, revealing how he's constantly reinvesting.

He adds that the only thing that is strange is the ‘scale’ of reinvestment.

However, Bezos would eventually have the last laugh with Amazon making over $33 billion in profit in 2021.

If that weren’t insane enough, the fund will be distributed by 2030 to scientists, activists and organizations who offer possible solutions to the climate crisis.

As part of the 2020 launch, he wrote: “I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on this planet we all share.”

While it’s a staggering sum, it’s pocket change compared to the Amazon founder's net worth which is estimated to be $162 billion, according to Forbes.

Seems he really did have the last laugh after all.