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Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Influenced By Smarter Sri Lankan   Jeff Bezos describes how while he was at Princeton the smartest guy in the batch was a Sri Lankan. He goes on to say how ‘Yoshantha” helped him come to a major self realization. Dr. Yasantha Rajakarunanayake: “the smartest guy at Princeton” – Jeff Bozo “I am not the richest person in the world, or the smartest person. But the richest person in the world called me the smartest person at Princeton University and a fellow Sri Lankan friend who influenced his life choice while an undergraduate. You are all probably wondering, ‘who is he’?” Dr. Yasantha Rajakarunanayake narrates, by way of introducing himself. He’s not wrong. Ever since a video emerged of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos describing Yasantha as the “smartest guy at Princeton” during a talk at The Economic Club of Washington, netizens were on a quest to ...