Billionaire Bill Gates is worth $175 billion today and helped transform the tech industry by co-founding Microsoft. Things could have looked a lot different if Gates didn’t fix a bad habit along the way. While an undergraduate student at Harvard University, Gates has a bad habit of procrastinating. “I liked to show people that I…
A former Amazon.com Inc. AMZN executive has provided rare insights into Jeff Bezos‘ management philosophy that helped build the e-commerce giant into a $2.4 trillion company, highlighting the founder’s preference for exhaustive debates over quick compromises. What Happened: Ethan Evans, former Vice President of Prime Gaming, shared on X that Bezos actively encouraged lengthy arguments,…
Amazon.com Inc. stands as a $2 trillion retail giant today, but its survival was in serious jeopardy back in 2001. After the dot-com bubble burst, Amazon’s stock plummeted 90%, leading many critics to predict its demise. However, founder Jeff Bezos reversed the company’s fortunes with help from a surprising source: Costco Wholesale Corp. founder Jim…
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN founder Jeff Bezos, has recently sold 11% of her Amazon shares, valued at over $8 billion. The Details: Scott received approximately 400 million Amazon shares as part of her divorce settlement with Bezos in 2019 and signed The Giving Pledge, a commitment to donate most of her…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently expressed his readiness to relinquish 62% of his wealth under a proposed tax system aimed at the affluent. What Happened: Gates, who has a net worth of approximately $139 billion according to Forbes, discussed his perspective on wealth disparity in the Netflix docuseries “What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates.”…
Billionaire Bill Gates is best known for co-founding technology giant Microsoft, which is now a multi-trillion-dollar company. It turns out that Gates had to stop a bad habit along the way to be successful. While an undergraduate student at Harvard University, Gates has a bad habit of procrastination. “I liked to show people that I…
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has a distinctive morning routine that avoids screen time for the first hour of the day. Recent neuroscience research indicates that this method could lead to smarter, healthier days. What Happened: Bezos, unlike many CEOs, dedicates the initial hours of his day to non-digital activities. This routine, first unveiled…
Amazon.com Inc AMZN founder Jeff Bezos may not be running the e-commerce company he founded anymore, but his business philosophies and principles helped lay the groundwork to create one of the largest companies in the world today. Tips on how to conduct meetings for increased productivity could be one of the ways that Bezos and…
Warren Buffett, widely considered the greatest investor of all time, is one of the richest people on the planet, but you wouldn’t know that based on the clothes he wears, the car he drives — or even the house he lives in. What To Know: The legendary investor is well known for living well below his means,…