Page 11 - Latest Updates on Jeff Bezos
I predict that the 21st century is going to be Indian century: Jeff Bezos
Under Bezos's leadership, Amazon identified India as a strategic market as early as 2013
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Top headlines: Jeff Bezos to step down, Twitter risks penal action, & more
Business Standard brings you top news of the evening
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Top headlines: Budget leaves investors richer, RIL-Future deal hits hurdle
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down as the chief executive officer in the third quarter of 2021, the company said on Wednesday. Read top news with Business Standard
Jeff Bezos to step down, hand over Amazon reins to cloud chief Andy Jassy
The announcement ends a long-running question about who would succeed the world's second-richest person at the company's helm
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos to step down as CEO in Q3, Andy Jassy to take over
Bezos, who founded the company 27 years ago, will become the executive chairman of the Amazon Board
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World's richest men, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, fight over satellite fleets
A dispute that would normally be confined to regulatory filings is spilling into public view, in a spat that showcases the large personalities involved as billionaires chase dreams in the sky
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Top headlines: Direct tax compliance may ease, RBI open to digital currency
Business Standard brings you the top headlines of the day
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Elon Musk surpasses Amazon's Jeff Bezos as world's richest person
The South Africa-born engineer's net worth was $188.5 billion at 10:15 a.m. in New York, $1.5 billion more than Bezos, who has held the top spot since October 2017.
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Future-RIL deal: Next phase of Bezos-Biyani battle to begin in Singapore
Singaporean barrister Michael Hwang joins three-member arbitration tribunal at SIAC, which is looking into the dispute over Future Group's $3.4 bn deal with Reliance Industries
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We were fed up with your attitude, had to take RIL offer: Biyani to Amazon
"Being totally disillusioned and fed up with your lackadaisical attitude, we were left with no option, but to accept the offer from the Reliance," Biyani said
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World's richest Bezos tops list of making largest charitable gifts in 2020
The world's richest person made the single-largest charitable contribution in 2020, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of top donations
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Bezos, Musk smash records as world's richest add $1.8 trillion in 2020
The world's 500 richest people added $1.8 trillion to their combined net worth this year and are now worth $7.6 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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Amazon Fire TV surpasses 50 million monthly active users worldwide
Amazon Fire TV has exceeded 50 million monthly active users worldwide who are streaming billions of hours of content every month, according to the company
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Bezos says Blue Origin will take the first woman to moon's surface
Jeff Bezos said his space company Blue Origin will take the first woman to the moon's surface as Nasa neared a decision to pick first privately built lunar landers to send astronauts to moon by 2024
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Battle of the billionaires: Bezos, Ambani gun for India retail supremacy
The winner in the fight for Future Retail Ltd, Amazon's estranged local partner, will get pole position in the race to meet the daily needs of more than a billion people.
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos called upon to save thousands of stranded seafarers
Industry bodies including the International Chamber of Shipping wrote an open letter urging Bezos to exert pressure on the incoming Biden administration and other leaders
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'East India Co.': Amazon's fight with Ambani sparks foreign vs local debate
At the center of the case is Amazon's efforts to block Reliance's planned purchase of Future Group's assets
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Jeff Bezos backs fintech start-up in maiden Africa investment: Report
The world's richest man's personal venture capital fund, Bezos Expeditions, supported the Series B funding led by Ribbit Capital, which raised $30 million for the San Francisco-based company.
Jeff Bezos hands $684 mn of Amazon stock to nonprofits from his foundation
The Amazon founder has given away stock worth $856 million this year, which estimates his fortune at $183.6 billion
Amazon's Jeff Bezos names 16 beneficiaries to his $10 bn climate fund
This is the first time the world's richest man has named the beneficiaries to the climate action fund
