Amazon founder Jeff Bezos who has a net worth of around $240 billion, once described himself as a ‘lottery winner’ and emphasised on the moral obligation which comes with extraordinary wealth. In a 2001 interview, Bezos shared his thoughts on philanthropy, calling it a challenge equal to building a fortune. “If you are a lottery…
Investors largely shrugged off the start of the US government shutdown, with the major indexes continuing to notch record highs as Wall Street leaned on AI momentum and expectations for further easing of interest rates by the Federal Reserve. The stock market rally, led by large-cap tech, comes even as Washington gridlock delays critical economic…
TURIN (Reuters) –Amazon founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos said on Friday gigawatt-scale data centres will be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years, predicting they would eventually outperform Earth-based ones thanks to the abundance of uninterrupted solar energy. The number of these enormous centres, which store computing infrastructure, is growing exponentially…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ father Mike Bezos is now looking to hire a CEO to oversee his growing family office Aurora Borealis. According to a report by WSJ, this move from the billionaire comes at a time when the scale and complexity of the Bezos family wealth is increasing. So, in order to manage the…
Before becoming the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos had dreams of unraveling the mysteries of the universe. During his time at Princeton University, he aimed to be a theoretical physicist. That plan, however, came crashing down over a single stubborn homework problem. As Bezos recounted in a 2018 interview with The Economic Club of Washington,…
Jeff Bezos wasn’t close to his biological father. The Amazon founder has spoken fondly about his mother, Jaclyn Gise, but little is known about his father, Ted Jorgenson. Jaclyn and Ted married in 1964 and were together for 17 months. She gave birth to Jeff when she was 17 years old. Shortly after their marriage…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s mother Jacklyn Gise Bezos passed away on August 14. She was 78. Jackie had been living with Lewy body dementia, a brain disorder, for five years after being diagnosed in 2020. Her charitable organisation, the Bezos Family Foundation, announced the news in a statement issued the same day. “Jackie died peacefully…
Jeff Bezos may be one of the richest and most influential figures on the planet, but when it comes to food, his tastes range from the extravagant to the unexpectedly relatable. While he now commands a vast empire spanning e-commerce, space travel, and philanthropy, Bezos still enjoys the simple pleasures of a diner breakfast or…
It is now official: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, one of the richest men in the world, and former TV presenter Lauren Sánchez have tied the knot. The 55-year-old posted a photo of the wedding party on her Instagram account, including the date June 27, 2025, in the US format 06/27/2025, accompanied by a red heart….
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are getting married this summer in Venice, Italy, almost two years after becoming engaged in May 2023. Lauren Sánchez, the former news anchor, and Jeff Bezos have been together since their love affair became public in 2019. According to reports, guests have started receiving wedding invitations of the…