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Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos: ‘I want Amazon to win an Oscar’

As streaming services dive deeper into high-quality original content, including movies, they’re expected to start competing with traditional films at the Oscars. Jeff… Read More

Blue Origin rocket landing

Billionaire Space Club pits Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos vs. Richard Branson vs. Paul Allen and more

When Jeff Bezos welcomed SpaceX to the rocket landing “club” last week, it set off a round of twittering over… Read More

Amazon Prime adds more than 3M new members in 1 week at peak of holiday shopping season

Amazon said tonight that it added more than 3 million new Amazon Prime members globally in just one week at the… Read More

Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: Watch this hilarious animated recap of their great space race

History was made earlier this week when Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket, and then successfully returned it… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Alan Boyle’s guide to the year in space, and what’s next for the universe in 2016

It was a big year in space: Historic rocket launches; revelations from distant planets; an unprecedented glimpse of the surface of Pluto; evidence… Read More

The Bezos Effect: How Amazon’s CEO is helping The Washington Post innovate

Online traffic is up, digital innovation is encouraged, and there’s a renewed focus on the customer at the Washington Post. Yes, Jeff… Read More

Amazon launches new era with opening of first tower at new Seattle campus

Amazon employees made their way into the company’s new Doppler office tower near downtown Seattle for the first time on Monday… Read More

Donald Trump advocates ‘closing up the Internet,’ wants to get Bill Gates on that

If ridiculous passed ridiculous well into ludicrous land, well, that wouldn’t even come close to where Donald Trump is living… Read More

Jeff Bezos wants to send Donald Trump to space, and Twitter is thrilled

Jeff Bezos is still new to Twitter, but he’s figuring out the snarky social media stuff pretty quickly. The CEO of… Read More

Blue Origin celebration

Video: Jeff Bezos spotlights Blue Origin’s ‘very happy’ rocket scientists after touchdown

“Touchdown” means something different to rocket scientists and to football fans, but the cheering, hugs and high fives are the same… Read More

Exclusive: Jeff Bezos speaks out on Blue Origin, SpaceX and space trips: ‘I can’t wait to go!’

Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, says watching his Blue Origin rocket make a safe landing after flying into space rates as… Read More

Blue Origin New Shepard launch

Wow! Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sends New Shepard rocket ship to space – and gets it back safely

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, successfully sent its New Shepard rocket ship to outer… Read More

New Shepard launch

Jeff Bezos says next flight test of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship should come ‘very soon’

Even as Jeff Bezos celebrates past achievements in spaceflight, he’s looking forward to seeing his Blue Origin space venture make future achievements.… Read More

Injector plate unwrapped

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Seattle’s Museum of Flight unwrap Apollo moon engine artifacts

Even Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos got misty-eyed at Seattle’s Museum of Flight during today’s unveiling of rocket engine parts from… Read More

New Shepard launch

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin targets 2016 for suborbital research flights with drone spaceships

Blue Origin, the space venture backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is reportedly planning to start flying research payloads on… Read More

Convoy raises $2.5M from Jeff Bezos, Marc Benioff, others for new on-demand trucking startup

A new Seattle startup has raised $2.5 million from an impressive group of investors to change how shippers connect with… Read More

Jeff Bezos now 5th-richest person in the world as Amazon stock surges on strong earnings

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos watched his net worth climb about $3.4 billion after his company delivered its second consecutive surprise profit and… Read More

Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: Amazon ‘not a great place to work’

According to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, people don’t really like working at Amazon. In a wide-ranging interview with Bloomberg… Read More

What Amazon’s Jeff Bezos said to a private gathering of tech CEOs last night

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has a special relationship with Madrona Venture Group, the venerable Seattle venture capital firm. In 1995,… Read More

Photos: Seattle tech leaders celebrate in style at Madrona’s 20th anniversary

Since 1995, Madrona Venture Group has touched — and impacted — a huge part of Seattle’s startup ecosystem. And many… Read More

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos tumbles 87 spots on list of top CEOs after factoring in company’s social conscience

Jeff Bezos continues to suffer from the issues raised in the bruising New York Times piece published in August. The latest hit is from the… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg wears a suit, Jeff Bezos is best-dressed at meeting with China president

Many of the world’s top technology CEOs were looking fancy and fresh at Microsoft’s headquarters on Wednesday — even Mark Zuckerberg… Read More

Jeff Bezos confirms big Blue Origin space facility in Florida, unveils new rocket

Updated throughout with details of announcement. Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Jeff Bezos, confirmed plans this morning to build… Read More

Amazon may have up to 80 million high-spending Prime members worldwide

Amazon may have up to 50 million U.S. Prime subscribers, and as many as 60 to 80 million globally, according… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Ashton Kutcher just backed a startup that helps other startups better manage cash flow

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and actor Ashton Kutcher make for an unlikely investing duo. But the VC arms of the… Read More

Use an ad blocker? The Washington Post is now probably blocking you

Old-school major newspaper organizations have had to try out a lot of methods to drive revenue, but this is a… Read More

Amazon finally stops selling the Fire Phone, as company adjusts its hardware strategy

It’s taken more than a year, but Amazon has finally exhausted its supply of Fire Phones. At least that appears… Read More

‘Obsess about the employee’: Amazon worker lobbies for alternative leadership principles

Amazon’s official 14 leadership principles start off with a call to obsess about the customer. But what about obsessing about… Read More

Jeff Bezos responds to critical NYT piece; Amazon’s alcohol delivery; and other top stories of the month

Maybe we should just call August the month of Amazon.com. The Seattle tech giant dominated headlines at GeekWire during the… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos set to announce big news about Blue Origin’s Florida launch plans

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is heading to Cape Canaveral next month to make a “significant announcement regarding the emerging commercial launch… Read More

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