Internal memo: Key Amazon exec Jeff Blackburn officially leaving, hinting at new role elsewhere Another Jeff is moving on from his longtime Amazon executive role, filling out the picture of what has become a… Read More
Bezos and the Bills (a.k.a., the three B’s): A Seattle Business Story [Sandeep Krishnamurthy is dean of the School of Business at the University of Washington, Bothell.] Commentary: Jeff Bezos just announced… Read More
Amazon’s new approach to ‘Human Capital’ is a telling takeaway from its annual regulatory report Customers are still No. 1 at Amazon, but the tech giant now wants it to be known, officially, that employees… Read More
Former AWS real estate managers, accused of taking millions in kickbacks, challenge Amazon’s motives amid FBI investigation Update: In a court filing on Jan. 10, 2024, federal prosecutors vacated the prior guilty pleas of Christian Kirschner and… Read More
Amazon wealth reigns: Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott lead list of top U.S. philanthropists for 2020 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was the top American philanthropist in 2020, giving away $10.1 billion to non-profit efforts associated with… Read More
Former Amazon board member Tom Alberg reviews the new book, ‘Working Backwards’ [Editor’s Note: Tom Alberg, managing director at Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group, was an Amazon investor who served… Read More
Play Podcast Amazon’s business secrets: Former insiders explain how the tech giant really works in new book Play How will Amazon maintain its culture as it approaches 1.3 million employees and prepares for its founder Jeff Bezos to… Read More
Washington Post editor talks Bezos and Amazon, and how billionaire owner reshaped newspaper The editor who has been in charge of The Washington Post newsroom ever since Jeff Bezos bought the newspaper is… Read More
Play Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Amazon, Andy Jassy and the cloud, with Corey Quinn of The Duckbill Group Play What does Andy Jassy’s track record at Amazon Web Services say about how he’ll lead Amazon as the company’s next… Read More
Here’s the biggest challenge facing Amazon’s Andy Jassy — at least in the words of one partner Andy Jassy will have big shoes to fill when he takes over from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos later this year.… Read More
Amazon’s next CEO, Andy Jassy, is a music-loving, wing-eating, hard-charging disciple of Jeff Bezos When singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile sat down for a live video interview in December, the person asking the questions on stage… Read More
Twitter reacts to Jeff Bezos news: Maybe he’ll open an indie bookstore or work to defeat Superman The news Tuesday that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos would be stepping down from his role as CEO later this year… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ role at Blue Origin hints at how his profile at Amazon is likely to change What will Amazon without Jeff Bezos as CEO look like? It could look a lot like Bezos’ biggest personal passion… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to step down this year, replaced by AWS chief Andy Jassy in stunning turn for tech giant Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO of Amazon, becoming executive chairman of the company he conceived 27 years ago… Read More
Washington state lawmakers target Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires with wealth tax A new proposed wealth tax in Washington state would impose a 1% tax on billionaires, affecting Seattle-area tech and business… Read More
Jeff Bezos kicks back with full-thrust firing of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine in Texas If you’re hanging out in West Texas during a pandemic, there are few fireworks shows more thrilling than a test… Read More
Tesla stock surge helps power Elon Musk past Jeff Bezos as richest person in the world Update, Thursday, 4:15 p.m. PT: According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Elon Musk’s net worth late Thursday stood at $195… Read More
Amazon’s new $2B fund aims to boost affordable housing in Arlington, Nashville and Seattle areas Amazon is committing more than $2 billion to affordable housing initiatives in the regions of Seattle, Nashville, Tenn., and Arlington,… Read More
Ahoy, Jacklyn! Jeff Bezos names Blue Origin’s rocket recovery ship after his mom SpaceX CEO Elon Musk named his rocket recovery vessels after science-fiction spaceships, but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stayed closer to… Read More
Jeff Bezos pledges $25M more to All in WA to help group provide COVID-19 relief across state Jeff Bezos is doubling his contribution to All in Washington, a statewide effort to provide COVID-19 relief funds. The Amazon… Read More
Amazon Sidewalk rollout shows the future of ‘forced opt-in,’ taking lessons from Xfinity Wifi How would you feel if you were a homeowner and woke up one morning to find people on a new… Read More
SpaceX’s Starship flies high-altitude test that ends with a bang — and with congrats from Jeff Bezos SpaceX put its Starship super-rocket through its first high-altitude test today — and although the flight ended in a fiery… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Day 1 Families Fund awards $105.9M to 42 non-profits in third year of initiative Jeff Bezos announced the latest recipients of donations from his Bezos Day 1 Families Fund on Wednesday, listing 42 organizations… Read More
Walter Isaacson likens Bezos to Einstein and Jobs, calls out Trump for ‘corrupt’ treatment of Amazon Much of the content in the new book, “Invent & Wander,” will be familiar to those who follow Jeff Bezos… Read More
Play Podcast ‘This company was invented for the pandemic’ — Scott Galloway on Amazon in a ‘Post Corona’ world Play Amazon’s big move into the pharmacy business last week wasn’t a surprise at all, and it’s just part of a… Read More
Bezos Earth Fund announces first grants totaling $791M of his $10B pledge to help planet Jeff Bezos on Monday announced the 16 environmental organizations that will receive $791 million as the first round of grantees… Read More
Bill Gates on tech and antitrust: It’s ‘unfortunate’ that Congress is grouping companies together “One of the privileges of success in this country is government scrutiny, and that’s OK.” — Bill Gates, 1998. “I… Read More
‘Mysterious $60B woman’: Profile offers rare look at MacKenzie Scott’s distribution of Amazon wealth MacKenzie Scott hasn’t given any interviews about her split from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos or her philanthropic pursuits in the… Read More
House antitrust probe says Amazon has ‘monopoly power’ over sellers, company slams ‘fringe’ findings A long-awaited report from a U.S. House antitrust subcommittee finds that Amazon “has monopoly power over most third-party sellers and… Read More
Bezos Academy, funded by Jeff Bezos’ $2B ‘Day One Fund,’ launches first free school in Seattle area The Day 1 Academies Fund is gearing up to open the inaugural school in its new network of full scholarship… Read More
