Page 17 - Latest Updates on Jeff Bezos
Bill Gates is worth $110 bn, tops Jeff Bezos as world's richest person
Bill Gates may have been helped in part by the Pentagon's decision to award a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft.
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E-commerce battle: Amazon to pump Rs 4,470 cr in India to take on Flipkart
The funding will help the US e-tailer take on Flipkart as well as competition from the yet-to-be-launched e-com business of RIL
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Jeff Bezos to lose his crown as world's richest after Amazon shares tumble
Shares of the biggest online retailer dropped 8.1 per cent to $1,637 in extended trading at 4:24 p.m. in New York
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'Have to do it': Jeff Bezos sets deadline for Amazon to be carbon neutral
Amazon will buy 100,000 electric vans from a start-up and invest $100 million to restore forests and wetlands.
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US Congress panel seeks documents from 4 big tech firms' top executives
Republicans and Democrats alike on the House Judiciary Committee, which is investigating the market power and behavior of the big 4 companies
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Bezos offloads $990 mn worth of Amazon stocks, total $2.8 bn in last week
The move comes as part of a previously announced 10b5-1 trading plan. Bezos had previously said he plans to sell stock worth about $1 billion each year to fund his rocket company, Blue Origin
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Jeff Bezos sells Amazon shares worth $1.8 bn, reduces stake to $110 bn
The numbers mean Bezos retains his pole position among the world's billionaires, while his former wife now ranks 23rd, according to Forbes data
Why 16 Psyche, a gaint asteroid full of gold, won't make us richer
Once those metals start hitting the market in large quantities, they're unlikely to be precious for much longer
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MacKenzie Bezos to receive $38 bn in world's biggest divorce settlement
MacKenzie, 49, an author, will become the world's fourth-richest woman, and has already promised to give away at least half of her fortune, the CNN business reported
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The $38 billion divorce: Jeff Bezos, wife MacKenzie are about to split
It will be the 'Godzilla of all divorces', says lawyer as terms of one of the biggest wealth transfers are revealed.
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Women in Philanthropy: MacKenzie Bezos tops list with $17 billion pledge
By divorcing the world's richest person, the novelist and former accountant became the third-richest woman in the world and the wealthiest woman to sign onto the Giving Pledge
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Jeff Bezos may come after the auto industry, Volvo CEO warns dealers
Anders Gustafsson, chief executive officer of Volvo Car's US unit, said the auto industry needs to shape up
Jeff Bezos challenges retail rivals to raise minimum wage to $16 an hour
Amazon.com Inc in October pledged to pay all of its warehouse workers at least $15 an hour
Lauren Sanchez files for divorce after Bezos-MacKenzie split gets finalised
The divorce of Bezos and wife MacKenzie Bezos was finalised Thursday
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to keep 75% of his stock after divorcing wife
Jeff Bezos will remain the largest shareholder of the e-commerce giant valued at almost $900 billion.
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Brother of Bezos' lover sold billionaire's texts to US media for $200,000
Michael Sanchez sold the billionaire's secrets to American Media, the Enquirer's publisher, said people familiar with the matter
Holdout Jeff Bezos confronted by Amazon moms demanding day care
The women, who belong to a group of more than 1,800 employees called the Momazonians, are scheduled to meet with senior managers
No one's safe: Bezos nude selfie leak triggers alarm for all billionaires
The wealthy aren't just at risk of losing money through hacks. Their brands, reputations - or, in family office parlance, "legacy" - also can be damaged
Lawyer denies National Enquirer blackmailed Amazon boss Jeff Bezos
Last month, the supermarket tabloid reported that Bezos had an extramarital affair with a former news anchor
The Jeff Bezos saga: From lurid selfies, blackmail to Amazon drama in NYC
In the past two days alone, the biography of the world's richest man has taken more plot twists than a M Night Shyamalan flick
