Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture gives notice for spaceship flight test this week Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has alerted the Federal Aviation Administration that it’s planning… Read More
Bezos and other tech luminaries back $150M ‘Rise of the Rest’ fund to boost startups between coasts Some of the world’s most influential business leaders want to repair the deep divisions in America by investing in entrepreneurship… Read More
Bezos, Trump, Kaepernick, #MeToo and more among final 10 for Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ honor Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made the shortlist for Time’s “Person of the Year,” a recognition of the person or group of… Read More
Nonprofit Project Veritas — which targeted Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post — eligible for donations via AmazonSmile Project Veritas, the nonprofit organization caught this week in an apparent undercover scheme to deceive The Washington Post with a… Read More
Blast from the past: Watch Jeff Bezos describe Amazon’s business in 1999 https://youtu.be/6cTjhzSgdwE Amazon’s rise to the top of the tech world is remarkable. A company that started out selling books online… Read More
The $100 billion man: Jeff Bezos’ net worth hits milestone as Amazon soars on Black Friday Jeff Bezos’ net worth soared above $100 billion on Friday — meaning the Amazon founder is now richer than the… Read More
From biscuits to ‘Buff Bezos’: Amazon CEO on shedding his poor eating habits and awful breakfast routine Jeff Bezos didn’t always look so damn buff. The Amazon CEO took over the internet this past summer after a… Read More
Life, liberty and the pursuit of spaceflight? Jeff Bezos links Blue Origin to saving Earth Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ vision for his Blue Origin rocket venture is to have millions of people living and working… Read More
Rekindling Amazon’s old flame: 10 years later, can we get the original Kindle e-reader to work again? Amazon wants to make money when people use its devices, Jeff Bezos says, not when people buy them. In other… Read More
Steve Bannon calls ‘Amazon Washington Post’ a partisan mouthpiece amid Roy Moore allegations Steve Bannon accused the Washington Post — and its owner, Jeff Bezos — of intentionally targeting conservative politicians, hours after the… Read More
The mind-blowing wealth of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett now exceeds the bottom half of the entire U.S. population, new report finds A new report released this week titled Billionaire Bonanza points out the growing divide in the U.S. among the super… Read More
Jeff Bezos sells more than $1 billion in Amazon stock Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than 1 million shares of company stock in the past three days, worth nearly $1.1… Read More
Amazon stock surges 13% after earnings report, making Jeff Bezos the world’s richest again Amazon stock is soaring Friday morning after crushing earnings expectations and disclosing that it now employs more than 540,000 people… Read More
Watch Jeff Bezos open Amazon’s new Texas wind farm, perched atop a giant windmill like an action star Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos celebrated the opening of Amazon’s newest wind farm, and he did it in style. A tweet… Read More
Rose McGowan goes after Amazon and Jeff Bezos in latest tweets calling out abuses in Hollywood Rose McGowan regained access to her Twitter account on Thursday following a temporary suspension by the social media platform for… Read More
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ ranks Elon Musk alongside Wright Brothers and warp drive SpaceX founder Elon Musk hasn’t yet scored a cameo on the Star Trek stage, as fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos did… Read More
Jeff Bezos muscles way to top of Vanity Fair’s ‘New Establishment’ list again above other tech big shots Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has retained his top ranking on Vanity Fair magazine’s annual “New Establishment” list which weighs the… Read More
Amazon reportedly tried to poach Satya Nadella, and Microsoft is happy it didn’t happen Microsoft’s renaissance in recent years may have never come to pass if Jeff Bezos had his way. In a wide-ranging… Read More
Emmys Preview: Amazon faces tough fight vs. HBO, Netflix and Hulu in Sunday night’s awards Embed from Getty Images Jeff Bezos has gotten a lot of love at awards shows over the last couple years… Read More
Tucson sends a 21-foot-tall cactus to Jeff Bezos with a message: Amazon can grow in Arizona Hope they left room in the Spheres for this thing. A 21-foot-tall saguaro cactus has been loaded onto a truck… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture provides hints about Amazon’s HQ2 plan What do Jeff Bezos and his lieutenants look for when they’re in an expansive mood? That’s a key question in… Read More
Bezos backlash: Signs of the times target Amazon in Seattle amid growth, affordability and HQ2 plan Restaurant sandwich boards are prime real estate when it comes to showcasing more than just what’s on the menu that… Read More
From Philly to Tulsa, job-hungry cities line up to convince Amazon they’re the best spot for 2nd HQ Amazon’s shocking announcement that it is looking to build a $5 billion second North American headquarters campus is only a… Read More
Amazon to build second HQ in North America, seeks proposals from cities for $5B campus with up to 50K jobs, ‘full equal’ to Seattle operations Amazon plans to build a second headquarters in a North American city to be determined, saying the new $5 billion… Read More
Bezos, Nadella, Cook and other tech leaders call on Trump to preserve ‘Dreamers’ immigration program Updated below with WTIA statement. Leaders in the technology industry including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Apple… Read More
Why it may be time for Amazon to seriously consider spinning off Amazon Web Services Amazon Web Services is arguably Amazon’s second-greatest creation, after the construction of a retail empire that has done so much… Read More
Jeff Bezos tweets thanks for philanthropy suggestions and promises ‘more to come’ Two months after he asked the Twitterverse to suggest short-term options for future philanthropy, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos passed along… Read More
Seattle councilmember calls on Jeff Bezos to push for better ‘gig economy’ working conditions As Amazon’s plan to buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion clears a major hurdle, a Seattle City Councilmember is… Read More
Pentagon chief James Mattis meets with Amazon chief Jeff Bezos during tech tour Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, played host to Defense Secretary James Mattis today during the Pentagon chief’s swing through high-tech… Read More
Worlds collide! Rocket engineer adds a Seafair tribute to Blue Origin on racing boat The worlds of rocketry and hydroplane racing crashed together in Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Twitter feed today, and it’s all… Read More
