Bezos becomes first person to be worth $200 BILLION as Amazon stock soars during covid lockdown 

The richest person in the world has got even richer, as the surge in Amazon’s share price saw Jeff Bezos becoming the first person have their fortune break the $200 billion barrier. Bezos, 56, founded Amazon in 1994 and owns 11 per cent of the company. On Wednesday afternoon, as Amazon’s soaring stock rose by … Read more

Jeff Bezo’s Blue Origin delivers 40-foot tall mockup lunar lander to NASA

Blue Origin, an aerospace firm owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, delivered a mockup crew lander vehicle that could take the first woman and next man to the moon. The full-sized structure, although not functional, includes both the ascent and descent elements, and stands 40 feet tall. The Bezo’s owned-company announced its ‘National Team ‘and … Read more

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos cashes in £2.4bn worth of shares

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos cashes in £2.4bn worth of shares as pandemic boosts sales By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 6 August 2020 Jeff Bezos has cashed in £2.4billion worth of shares, as Amazon’s sales are supercharged by the pandemic. The ecommerce business’s 56-year-old … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON: Jeff Bezos is no saint, but could Amazon shops actually save our High Streets? 

How would you like a High Street store where you could put all your items in your bag and then take them away without having to queue up to pay? This is not legalised shoplifting but an innovation by Amazon, which, it was revealed yesterday, will soon be coming to the UK.  This new chain … Read more

Donald Trump says there is ‘too much income disparity’ in the US as he shares video of Jeff Bezos

‘I actually agree with this’: Trump turns on America’s tech billionaires and says there is ‘too much income disparity’ as he shares clip of Jeff Bezos’s $117bn fortune President Trump called for ‘changes to be made soon’ after saying there is ‘too much income disparity’ in America He made the comments as he shared a … Read more

Jeff Bezos’ ex wife Mackenzie announces she donated $1.7bn to charities over the past year

MacKenzie Bezos announced Tuesday that she donated $1.7billion to charitable causes over the past year, a bulk of which went to racial equity and justice causes. The ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who revealed Tuesday she’ll now take on her middle name and go by MacKenzie Scott, is the second-richest woman in the world … Read more

Protesters set up guillotine directly in front of Jeff Bezos’ DC home to demand Amazon be abolished

Protesters set up guillotine directly in front of Jeff Bezos’ Washington D.C. home to demand Amazon be abolished Activists set up a guillotine outside of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s D.C. home  Videos posted to Twitter show protesters standing next to a guillotine One of the protester said in the video, ‘When they become threatened, and … Read more

Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos ‘copy cat’ as Amazon buys Zoox

Elon Musk calls out Jeff Bezos for being a ‘copy cat’ on Twitter after Amazon acquired self-driving startup Zoox for $1billion The comment is in reference to Musk’s ventures with Tesla’s self-driving cars  Zoox, like Tesla, is focused on making self-driving cars and AI software  Musk’s critical tweet is the second public swipe at Bezos … Read more

Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos a ‘copy cat’ after Amazon acquires a self-driving startup for $1billion

Elon Musk calls out Jeff Bezos for being a ‘copy cat’ on Twitter after Amazon acquires self-driving startup Zoox for $1billion The comment is in reference to Musk’s ventures with Tesla’s self-driving cars  Zoox, like Tesla, is focused on making self-driving cars and AI software  Musk’s critical tweet is the second public swipe at Bezos … Read more

Jeff Bezos explains his support for Black Lives Matter

Jeff Bezos explains his support for Black Lives Matter after angry customer complained about Amazon website touting the cause Bezos posted to Instagram his reply to a disgruntled Amazon customer Customer wanted to know why Amazon site had ‘Black Live Matter’ banner Bezos said that black people face ‘disproportionate risk’ from police By Keith Griffith … Read more