Tag: Jeff Bezos
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We are tiny: Elon Musk to NASA
Aiming to land humans on the lunar surface by 2024, NASA has selected 13 firms -- including Blue Origin of Jeff Bezos and SpaceX of Elon Musk -- to develop space technologies for its Artemis mission.
August 4, 2019 -
Bezos buying prime Manhattan properties for $80mn
The residents of the building are excited to have Bezos as their neighbour, knowing this would escalate the price of their properties.
June 5, 2019 -
SpaceX launches first satellites of its internet network
The launch was originally scheduled for last week but was postponed, first due to high winds and then due to the need for a software update.
May 24, 2019 -
Woman asks Amazon CEO to return product in meeting
"My apologies that you had to use this unusual venue to accomplish what should have been a routine task. Anybody else have anything they need to return?"
May 23, 2019 -
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire reveals $900 mn Amazon stake
"The truth is that I've watched Amazon from the start and I think what Jeff Bezos has done is something close to a miracle, and the problem is if I think something is going to be a miracle I tend not to bet on it," Buffett said.
May 16, 2019 -
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reveals how a Sri Lankan friend helped him realise physics isn’t his calling
The smallest of events have often triggered the greatest of developments in human history.
September 19, 2018 -
Jeff Bezos is world’s richest man: Forbes
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos tops this year’s Forbes World’s Billionaires list with a record fortune of $122 billion. Bezos’ fortune increased by $39.2 billion in 2017 – the largest up move in anyone’s net worth recorded by Forbes last year – dethroning philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose net worth is calculated at $90 …
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March 7, 2018 -
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos becomes richest man in history surpassing Microsoft’s Bill Gates
The previous record was held by Microsoft founder Bill Gates with $100 billion in 1999.
January 11, 2018 -
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos becomes richest person in the world
The uptick Amazon shares registered on Wall Street this Friday has directly affected the fortune of its founder, Jeff Bezos, who immediately replaced Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as the richest person in the world. Two hours after the stock market opened on Friday, Amazon shares were up 11.9 per cent, on the first day since …
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October 27, 2017