Key Figures of the Dot-Com Bubble
Alan Greenspan
Fed Chair during the buildup, Greenspan famously warned of "irrational exuberance" in financial markets in a December 1996 speech — years before the bubble actually burst.
Jeff Bezos and Amazon
Amazon was among the internet companies that saw its stock price collapse during the crash, but unlike many dot-com-era startups, it survived and went on to become one of the world's largest companies.
Pets.com
Pets.com became one of the most-cited symbols of dot-com excess: a heavily marketed online pet supply retailer that burned through investor cash and shut down within about two years of its 2000 IPO.