Play Episode Podcast Top Stories of 2020: How the events of this year upended the worlds of tech, science and more Play To say that 2020 unfolded in unexpected ways would be an epic understatement, as illustrated by these GeekWire headlines from… Read More
MacKenzie Bezos — now MacKenzie Scott — lists organizations receiving some of her vast wealth MacKenzie Bezos, former wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, listed 116 non-profit organizations that will receive funding as part of… Read More
Melinda Gates and MacKenzie Bezos unveil $30M gender equality initiative Two of the world’s wealthiest women are teaming up to roll out a $30 million initiative that will provide grants… Read More
MacKenzie Bezos, Amazon CEO’s ex-wife, sells $400M in stock after pledge to give away billions Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife, MacKenzie Bezos, has divested herself of about $400 million worth of the Amazon stock she… Read More
Play Episode Podcast Seattle tech’s extraordinary year: These are the stories we’ll remember in the business of innovation Play From Amazon to Zillow, big successes to surprising failures, it was an extraordinary year for technology and innovation emerging from… Read More
Update: Jeff Bezos sells $2.8B in Amazon stock as ownership stake in tech giant drops to 12% Update, August 5: New filings published Monday by the SEC show that Bezos sold more than 500,000 shares of Amazon… Read More
MacKenzie Bezos promises to give away half her fortune, highlighting Jeff Bezos’ absence from ‘Giving Pledge’ One of the richest women in the world will give the majority of her fortune away to charity. MacKenzie Bezos… Read More
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos finalize divorce; Amazon CEO keeps 75% of couple’s stock Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos have finalized their divorce. The Amazon CEO will receive 75 percent of the couple’s Amazon shares… Read More
Bezos divorce highlights hidden challenge for company founders: keeping their marriages intact If creating and running a successful business isn’t challenging enough for many entrepreneurs, it can be mind-boggling to think about… Read More
The $100 billion question: What will happen to Bezos and Allen fortunes as they change hands? Although the passing of a loved one and the dissolution of a marriage are deeply personal experiences, they inevitably raise… Read More
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos plan to divorce after 25 years of marriage Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, announced this morning via the Amazon CEO’s personal Twitter account that they’ve decided… Read More
The multibillion-dollar question: What in the world (or universe) will Jeff Bezos do with his riches? Jeff Bezos transformed the modern economy, using disruptive thinking to reshape how people buy products and read books, and how… Read More
Monica Lewinsky joins MacKenzie Bezos’ anti-bullying org No stranger to public shaming and bullying, Monica Lewinsky is joining MacKenzie Bezos’ anti-bullying org Bystander Revolution. Lewinsky shared the… Read More
Enough, already! Amazon’s 1st employee takes MacKenzie Bezos to task for her blistering critique of Brad Stone’s book The reviews for Brad Stone’s book profiling Amazon’s early years are beginning to resemble something approaching a water cooler for… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ wife issues 1-star review for new Amazon book, deems it ‘misleading’ Updated, 2:10 P.M. — Comment from Amazon added near the bottom of this story Out of the 44 reviews for “The… Read More
Whoops! Book by Jeff Bezos’ wife delayed by Amazon logistics Amazon prides itself on having a top-notch infrastructure for getting products where they need to go, and quickly. But sometimes,… Read More
