In his Prime! Bezos tops world’s wealthiest chart for FOURTH year as Forbes lists a record 2,775 global billionaires worth $13.1 TRILLION The ranks of the ultra-wealthy are expanding after a year in which the coronavirus pandemic upended world economies This year’s billionaires are worth a combined $13.1 trillion, up from $8 trillion last year, … Read more
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and NASA plan to create moon-like gravity inside the New Shepard rocket by spinning it 11 times per minute during flight to test payloads set for the Artemis mission NASA and Blue Origin are working to recreate gravity that is found on the moon The team plans to modify Blue Origin’s … Read more
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott, who is worth $53 billion, marries a Seattle private school science teacher following 2019 divorce MacKenzie Scott’s new husband is Dan Jewett – a science teacher at the private Seattle Lakeside School The 50-year-old, who was previously known as MacKenzie Bezos, divorced Amazon founder Jeff Bezos back in 2019 The couple first … Read more
Elon Musk has lost $27 billion in wealth in the span of a week, after Tesla’s plunging share price took a major bite out of the entrepreneur’s net worth. Musk, 49, was worth $157 billion after markets closed on Friday, marking a 15 percent plunge in his net worth from the beginning of the week, … Read more
Fellow Amazonians: I’m excited to announce that this Q3 I’ll transition to Executive Chair of the Amazon Board and Andy Jassy will become CEO. In the Exec Chair role, I intend to focus my energies and attention on new products and early initiatives. Andy is well known inside the company and has been at Amazon … Read more
Nike co-founder, Philip Knight (pictured) and his wife Penelope Knight, gave $1.4billion, putting them within the top 5 at No. 4 1. Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder Amount: $10.2billion Biggest gift: $10billion to Bezos Earth Fund 2. MacKenzie Scott, author Amount: $5.7billion Biggest gift: Various 3. Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg financial news company Amount: $1.6billion Biggest … Read more
The scene was Madonna’s glittering post-Oscars party last year in Los Angeles. The champagne was flowing and the paparazzi snapping as Hollywood’s biggest stars celebrated their success. Amid the revellers could be seen a somewhat diffident-looking man, standing rather awkwardly with a curvy, dark-haired woman, his bald head glistening under the hot lights. He was, as … Read more
Amazon chief Jeff Bezos names Andy Jassy as his successor as quarterly sales hit $100bn By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:55 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 22:55 GMT, 2 February 2021 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos last night anointed his successor – as quarterly sales flew past $100billion for the first time. … Read more
Jeff Bezos is stepping down as the CEO of Amazon, 27 years after founding it with his ex-wife and building it into one of the most successful companies of all time that is now worth $1.7trillion. Bezos, 57, will be replaced by 53-year-old Andy Jassy, the current CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Amazon’s cloud … Read more
World’s richest man Jeff Bezos, 57, steps down as Amazon CEO and will be replaced by Andy Jassy Bezos told staff he will become Executive Chair in the third quarter of this year He founded Amazon with his ex-wife MacKenzie Bezos in 1993 The company is now worth $1.7trillion and Bezos is the 2nd richest … Read more