“Only 1 company on earth can buy grocery chain, be rumored to buy enterprise software company & in both cases be lauded for strategic vision.” That’s how LinkedIn CEO, Jeff Weiner, summed up Amazon’s recent acquisition of Whole Foods. And few could have put it better. It is this brand of strategic vision that has propelled Amazon past the valuations its brick and mortar rivals command, despite their huge lead which spans several decades in some cases. Arguably, it is what recently powered Amazon’s stock price past the $1,000 mark. And it’s this very brand of strategic vision that looks set to take Amazon past the $1 trillion market cap milestone by 2020. Read the whole post on Seeking Alpha .