The biggest divorce since Bezos: Bill and Melinda Gates will have to divide his Microsoft fortune which made him the world’s youngest billionaire at 31 – before he pledged to give it away rather than leave it to his kids Bill and Melinda Gates are worth an estimated $130 billion, according to Forbes The couple, … Read more
Forbes’ annual world’s billionaires list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year, the media company said on Tuesday. The ranks of the ultra-wealthy are expanding after a year in which the coronavirus pandemic upended world economies and threatened the livelihoods of people across the … 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
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 richest man … Read more
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches its New Shepard carrying ‘Mannequin Skywalker’ for a test flight of its upgraded space capsule that will take tourists to orbit for $200,000 Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard rocket for the 14th time The launch took placed at 12:18pm ET from Launch Site One in West Texas The mission … Read more