Jeff Bezos signs off with aplomb
In his final letter to shareholders as CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos looked back on the achievements during his tenure, laid out visions on multiple fronts for the company, and…
Continue readingHere’s why Jeff Bezos quoted a 1986 book about human evolution in his shareholders letter
The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins’ bestselling 1986 book that skewers the notion of intelligent design while celebrating the rational science of evolution, got its star turn today in Jeff Bezos’…
Continue readingJeff Bezos shareholder letter: After union drive, the CEO seems to be reckoning with his legacy
In his final letter to Amazon shareholders before stepping aside as CEO, Jeff Bezos offered a vigorous defense of the company’s treatment of its warehouse employees. But the billionaire also…
Continue readingJeff Bezos publishes final annual letter to shareholders
What just happened? Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has published what will ultimately be his final annual letter to shareholders before passing the baton to Andy Jassy later this year. In…
Continue readingTech Moves: Ex-Amazon leader Jeff Wilke joins Scale AI as advisor to CEO; Skilljar and Auth0 hire execs; T-Mobile board shuffle
Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, at the 2017 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) — Jeff Wilke, the former CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, has joined Scale…
Continue readingBill Gates and Jeff Bezos are staying “very, very quiet” on a Washington proposal to tax their wealth
Billionaires like Bill Gates have long said that they, theoretically, would be in favor of paying much more money in personal taxes. And yet Gates and some of the wealthiest…
Continue readingWhy Amazon and Jeff Bezos are backing a corporate tax rate hike
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaking at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. (Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Photo / Gary Cameron) Jeff Bezos surprised some Amazon critics and followers this…
Continue readingBlue Moon: Will Jeff Bezos’ Lunar Lander Return Astronauts to the Moon?
In just a few short years, a spacecraft that looks something like a flying water tower will land at the lunar south pole, carrying astronauts back to the Moon’s surface…
Continue readingJeff Bezos says Amazon is ‘supportive of a rise in the corporate tax rate’
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos today endorsed the Biden administration’s call for a higher corporate tax rate to help pay for…
Continue readingJeff Bezos and Elon Musk top Forbes’ annual billionaires list
The big picture: Collectively, the world’s 2,755 billionaires are worth a staggering $13.1 trillion, which is up from $8 trillion in 2020. What’s more, 86 percent of the world’s billionaires…
Continue readingWhy Americans can’t stop talking about Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, and the tech billionaires
When MacKenzie Scott unveiled last year that she had donated $6 billion to support 500 nonprofits across the country, overwhelming applause rushed in for a billionaire who probably donated more…
Continue readingAmazon Twitter war with Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren spurred by Jeff Bezos
Amazon has long been at odds with Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren over their criticisms of the company’s labor and business practices. But the discord reached a new height…
Continue readingInterview with Jeff Steinmann Author Of How To Quit Working
What does it take to quit your job for a happier life? Jeff Steinmann wrote “How To Quit Working: A Simple Plan to Leave Your Job for a Life of…
Continue readingJeff Bezos says no thanks to Bernie Sanders’ request to testify on income inequality
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifying last summer in front of Congress on anti-trust concerns. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will not testify at a Senate Budget Committee hearing on income inequality…
Continue readingJeff Bezos’s climate change effort, the Bezos Earth Fund, will spend $1 billion a year
Jeff Bezos turned over a few more cards on Tuesday, revealing a bit more about his $10 billion commitment to address the globe’s climate crisis, one of the world’s most…
Continue readingEditor’s Pick: Joe Calzaghe describes the night he handed a ruinous beating to Jeff Lacy
Injured and wracked with nerves, Joe Calzaghe explains how he served up a boxing masterclass I HAD some great wins in my career – Bernard Hopkins, Chris Eubank, Mikkel Kessler…
Continue readingThe Amazon Alabama union vote could change Jeff Bezos’s company forever
Last week, President Joe Biden had a message for Amazon: I’m watching. “Workers in Alabama — and all across America — are voting on whether to organize a union in…
Continue readingJeff Bezos’ Blue Origin won’t launch its 1st New Glenn rocket until late 2022
We’ll have to wait another year to see Blue Origin’s giant orbital rocket get off the ground. Blue Origin, which is run by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, announced today (Feb….
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