Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the second-richest person in the world. According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Zuckerberg’s worth has jumped to $212 billion, while Bezos’ worth remained $209 billion. As per the Bloomberg data, Zuckerberg gained $846 million on Monday i.e. May 5, while Bezos lost $2.90 billion….
Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon in 1994, is planning to offload nearly $4.8 billion worth of the company’s stocks over the next year. As revealed in a regulatory filing, the former CEO plans to sell up to 25m shares through trading plan “intended to satisfy Rule 10b5-1(c)” that ends on May 29, 2026. Bezos has…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said that raising the company’s first $1 million was the hardest thing he had ever done. Speaking at The New York Times DealBook Summit in December 2024 with moderator Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bezos recalled that in 1995, to raise the first $1 million in seed funding for Amazon, he sold 20%…
<p>Amazon representative image<br></p> Amazon came under fire from President Donald Trump following a news report that the company is adding tariff pricing to its site. The report claimed that Amazon planned to start showing how much of each product’s cost derived from tariffs “right next to” its total listed price, citing an anonymous source familiar…
Image credits: SBJ / BACKGRID Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and fiancee Lauren Sanchez were recently seen enjoying the Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio, California. The 55-year-old former news anchor and the Amazon founder, 61, walked hand in hand through the crowd. For the musical date night, the couple opted to dress in casual festival outfits,…
Lauren Sánchez, fiancée of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is set to lead an all-female crew on Blue Origin‘s New Shepard rocket, marking a significant milestone in commercial spaceflight. The mission, scheduled for today, i.e. April 14, 2025, will be the 11th human flight for Blue Origin’s New Shepard program. Joining Sánchez on this journey are…
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has praised tech industry leaders Larry Ellison, Jeff Bezos, and even Larry Page, as among the smartest people he knows. “Larry Ellison is very smart,” Musk said on the “Verdict” podcast hosted by Senator Ted Cruz, referring to the Oracle cofounder. “I will say Larry Ellison is one of…
Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, reportedly ordered executives to buy out Barbara Broccoli’s stake in the James Bond franchise after she was quoted calling Amazon executives “fucking idiots” in a Wall Street Journal article, according to sources close to the billion-dollar deal. The alleged directive—”I don’t care what it costs, get rid of her”—came as tensions…
In a seismic shift at The Washington Post, owner Jeff Bezos has ripped up the traditional opinion playbook, declaring that the paper’s editorial pages will now serve as a megaphone for two conservative cornerstones: free markets and personal liberties. The announcement, made in an email to staff on Wednesday, sent immediate shockwaves through the newsroom—and…
MUMBAI: Indian-origin Tushar Shah, an MIT graduate and a member of the six-person crew, successfully completed an 11-minute celestial journey on Jeff Bezos‘s Blue Origin NS-30 tourism mission from West Texas in the US Tuesday night.Described as a private and low-key person by Blue Origin, Shah studied high-energy experimental particle physics for his PhD at…
