Jeff Bezos

Musk singled out three tech industry leaders—Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Google co-founder Larry Page—as some of the smartest individuals he has met.

Ahead of Monday’s inauguration, here’s a list of billionaires who’ve made the pilgrimage to Palm Beach since Election Day and their net worth

Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida, soaring from the same pad used to launch NASA's Mariner and Pioneer spacecraft a half-century ago.

Blue Origin's inaugural launch of its New Glenn rocket halted due to subsystem issues, delaying the debut of the 30-story-tall reusable rocket aimed at rivaling SpaceX's Falcon 9.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket prepares for its maiden orbital voyage, marking a significant step for the company and intensifying competition with SpaceX in the space launch market.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket prepares for its debut launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, marking a significant milestone in the company's orbital ambitions and reusable rocket technology.

Elon Musk was responding to a post on X that questioned MacKenzie Scott's 'trust-based philanthropy' which involves providing no-strings-attached grants to over 2,500 non-profit organisations.

Between 2023 and 2024, the Amazon founder made $8 million for every hour in the year.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk continues to dominate the index, becoming the first individual to surpass $400 billion in net worth. As of December 14, 2024, Musk’s fortune is valued at $442 billion, cementing his position as the world’s wealthiest person.

Vikas Khanna expressed his elation at hosting the high-profile duo, writing: "When @JeffBezos said the visit to Bungalow was like a pilgrimage, it filled my heart with pure joy & pride."

Last week, Jeff Bezos had said that he's still deeply involved at Amazon and hasn't fully left the company he founded 30 years ago. 'My heart is in Amazon, my curiosity is in Amazon, and my fears are there and my love is there,' the tech billionaire said.

There were several debates on this topic and once, retired Amazon executive Ethan Evans recalls, the argument between Jeff Bezos and his VP went on for so long that the CFO stepped in and asked, 'Jeff, do you want me to end this?'

'I’m actually personally very easy to influence... but a couple percent of the time, no force in the world can move me, because I’m so sure of something,' Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has expressed optimism about President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, citing potential deregulation benefits in the coming years.

Tenstorrent hopes to create a chip to try and break Nvidia’s stranglehold on the AI business, and has raised capital in a funding round led by South Korea’s AFW Partners and Samsung Securities, founder Jim Keller said.

Tenstorrent is also a proponent of an alternative kind of logic processor based on an open standard called RISC-V, which poses a challenge to Arm Holdings Plc.

Tesla's stock has soared by 40 per cent since the US presidential election, including a 3.8 per cent rise on Friday that brought shares to $352.56, their highest value in over three years. This recent increase added $7 billion to Elon Musk’s wealth, surpassing the previous record of $320.3 billion, set during Tesla's pandemic-driven boom in November 2021.

'What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias.... Ending them is a principled decision, and it’s the right one,' The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos wrote after refusing to endorse a US presidential candidate.

The decision, announced on Friday, reportedly led to tens of thousands of people canceling their subscriptions and protests from journalists with a deep history at the newspaper.