Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos Christens New Texas Wind Farm in Ridiculous Twitter Video
The second richest man in America smashed a champagne bottle on top of a 300-foot-tall wind turbine.
The second richest man in America smashed a champagne bottle on top of a 300-foot-tall wind turbine. Today is HQ2 deadline day, and with the eyes of the world on Amazon, CEO and founder Jeff Bezos tweeted out a video of him standing atop a giant wind turbine, and christening it by smashing a champagne…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Commits $10B to Battle Climate Change
The billionaire entrepreneur says it will take worldwide collective action to save the Earth
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is intent on ensuring the planet remains a viable platform for life and business in the future. To that end, Bezos announced on Monday, Feb. 17, the creation of the Bezos Earth Fund, indicating that he will commit $10 billion initially to support the work of groups fighting the devastating impact…
Jeff Bezos and Howard Schultz Join $150M Rise of the Rest Fund
The fund aims to create economic development outside areas like Silicon Valley.
Jeff Bezos and Howard Schultz are two of the biggest names to join a new $150 venture fund that aims to bolster entrepreneurship outside the coastal areas where such economic activity has traditionally clustered. Rise of the Rest is a $150 million seed fund that has grown out of Revolution LLC, a Washington D.C.-based investment…
Jeff Bezos and Amazon Executives Have Made More than $10 Billion this Morning
Bezos is likely once again the worlds richest person, and eight executives have combined to make more than $27 million since the market opened.
Its been a good morning for Amazon shareholders. As of 10 a.m., Amazons stock price was up 13.5 percent, or about $131. CEO Jeff Bezoss roughly 80 million shares were worth about $88 billion. As of mid-morning, his holdings had climbed $10 billion in value compared to the close of the stock market closed yesterday….
Amazon Has a Another Blow-Out Quarter
Third quarter sales climb 34 percent to $43.7 billion, although operating income fell 40 percent to $347 million.
Amazon impressed Wall Street today when it announced third quarter sales of $43.7 billion, up 34 percent from last year, higher than analysts had expected. Those numbers include $1.3 billion in net sales from Whole Foods Market, which Amazon acquired. Operating income, however, fell 40 percent, while per-share profits were flat from a year ago…
2017 Tech Impact Awards, Space: Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos' ambitious venture in Kent is a Gold Award-winner. Plus: Silver Award-winner Spaceflight Industries.
Location: Kent | Employees: 784 Todays space race isnt pitting nation against nation. Rather, its billionaire vs. billionaire vs. billionaire. Jeff Bezos ambitious venture in Kent has been leading the pack lately, with Blue Origins fully reusable New Shepard rocket launching and landing in West Texas five times in less than two years. The suborbital…
Analysis: What Does HQ2 Mean for Amazon and Seattle?
Breaking down what Amazon is doing, why they're doing it, and why moving beyond Seattle was inevitable. Plus: the four most likely cities for the company's "second home."
Amazons surprise HQ2 announcement last week has prompted many questions about what this means for the company and for Seattle. Seattle Business magazine contributor and former Microsoft executive Kevin Schofield has answers on what Amazon is doing, why theyre doing it, the most likely cities to host the companys second home, and what this means…