Jeff Bezos is an American internet entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of ecommerce major Amazon. 56-year-old Bezos is the richest man in the world and could soon become the world’s first trillionaire . More
Aug 06, 2020 07:28 PM IST During the first two working days of August, Bezos sold 1 million shares as part of a previously announced trading plan, according to the filings.
Jul 30, 2020 12:02 PM IST A congressional aide said it was “not clear” what happened with Amazon's virtual feed
Jul 30, 2020 10:49 AM IST Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is the world's richest individual, while Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is the fourth-ranked billionaire.
Jul 30, 2020 09:28 AM IST The chief executives of the country's largest tech companies – including Zuckerberg, Amazon Inc's Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Alphabet Inc's Google and Apple Inc's Tim Cook – gave virtual testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel.
Jul 29, 2020 08:28 PM IST Scott, who was previously known as MacKenzie Bezos, also announced her new last name, which she said was taken from her middle name.
Jul 21, 2020 09:18 AM IST Jeff Bezos' net worth has risen by $74 billion in 2020 to $189.3 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Jun 23, 2020 07:08 PM IST Amazon, which delivers about 10 billion items a year and has a massive transportation and data center footprint, has faced protests from environmental activists and pressure from its employees to take action on climate change.
Jun 20, 2020 04:13 PM IST Bezonomics: How Amazon is Changing Our Lives and What the World’s Best Companies are Learning from it is a breezy biographical profile of Jeff Bezos, and connects the dots about how Amazon has infiltrated our daily lives
Jun 16, 2020 07:50 AM IST The company's attorney sent a letter to members of the House Judiciary Committee, saying Amazon had cooperated with the probe. "This includes making Jeff Bezos available to testify at a hearing with the other CEOs this summer," said the letter from Robert Kelner of Covington and Burling LLP.
Jun 09, 2020 03:37 PM IST The email sent by his customer named Dave to Bezos contains racial slurs and insults.
Jun 05, 2020 07:30 AM IST "This is insane @JeffBezos," Musk tweeted at Amazon's chief. Both men are billionaires and oversee competing space exploration companies on top of their duties at Telsa and Amazon. "Time to break up Amazon. Monopolies are wrong!" Musk added in a second tweet.
Jun 01, 2020 07:51 AM IST Beacon said on Sunday it raised over $15 million in Series A fundraising, from investors including Bezos and venture capital firm 8VC.
May 15, 2020 07:40 PM IST The study predicts that Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, maybe the fifth person in the world to become a trillionaire
May 01, 2020 09:25 PM IST At issue are statements by Amazon's associate general counsel, Nate Sutton, who denied under oath last July and in written testimony that Amazon used sensitive business information from independent sellers on its platform to develop products for Amazon to sell.
May 01, 2020 07:20 AM IST The three companies, which include firms of tech billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, will share $967 million from NASA, though specific amounts each company will receive were not immediately known.
Apr 23, 2020 09:55 PM IST The wealth surge of America's richest men happened during a period that saw as many as 22 million Americans file for unemployment.
Apr 16, 2020 09:15 PM IST The judge presiding over the bid protest in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims said in March that Amazon’s challenge likely had merit on some technical grounds involving pricing.
Apr 15, 2020 10:48 AM IST Amazon’s stock jumped 5.3 percent on April 14, hitting a new record close of $2,283 per share.
Feb 27, 2020 11:52 AM IST Climate change is the biggest development challenge that would demand sustained, meaningful investments and collective efforts, rather than individual action. The Amazon CEO’s fund could set the foundation for much greater climate action.
Feb 19, 2020 01:24 PM IST A focus on nuclear power will not only help India reduce its dependence on fossil fuels that contribute to climate change, but will also make India more energy independent.
Feb 18, 2020 08:45 AM IST Bezos has often clashed with US President Donald Trump, who regularly attacks climate change activists.
Feb 13, 2020 07:53 AM IST The deal marks a record for the Los Angeles area. The previous residential record was set late last year, when media executive Lachlan Murdoch paid roughly $150 million for Chartwell, a Bel Air estate used as the Clampett residence in the television show "The Beverly Hillbillies," the Journal reported.
Feb 05, 2020 08:08 PM IST The report also noted that the sale came at a time when Amazon’s market cap crossed the trillion dollar mark recently.
Feb 04, 2020 12:46 PM IST Michael Sanchez sued Bezos in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday, alleging Bezos falsely stated that Lauren Sanchez's brother was the source of his intimate photographs, according to a court filing.
Jan 29, 2020 10:29 AM IST When asked about Bezos’ reaction, Murthy stated that the Amazon CEO was very understanding.
