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Jeff Bezos

The latest news on Jeff Bezos, founder, executive chairman and former president and CEO of Amazon and American business magnate, including tech and business news and updates.<br />

Born

12 Jan 1964

Industry

Technology, Business

Job Title

Businessman

last updated:

4 December, 2024

Businessmen Jeff Bezos, Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend Donald Trump’s inauguration. Photo: Pool/Reuters

Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

From Musk to Bezos, a who’s who of billionaires attended Trump’s inauguration

A gathering of the world’s wealthiest individuals attended the inauguration, and in a telling gesture, the tech billionaires were seated in front of Trump’s nominated Cabinet.

21 Jan 2025 - 7:05PMvideocam

Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

Bannon says tech ‘oligarchs’ have ‘surrendered’ to Trump

20 Jan 2025 - 1:20PMvideocam

Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

With Trump’s inauguration, US-China rivalry opens new and uncertain chapter

20 Jan 2025 - 4:13PMvideocam

Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

The pomp, circumstance and traditions of US presidential inaugurations

Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, continuing a 236-year legacy.

20 Jan 2025 - 11:45AM

Attendees at the inauguration ceremonies in Washington for Donald Trump’s first swearing in as US president on January 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Semiconductors

Nvidia CEO skips Trump’s inauguration for Lunar New Year Asia visit

Jensen Huang is expected to miss the ceremony, while Apple’s Tim Cook, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Tesla’s Elon Musk are attending.

17 Jan 2025 - 12:30PM

SpaceX

SpaceX repeats stunning ‘chopsticks’ catch, but Starship explodes in test flight

Super Heavy booster successfully returns to launch pad, but top section of rocket experiences a ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’.

17 Jan 2025 - 3:58PMvideocam

US-China relations

TikTok CEO expected to attend Trump’s inauguration: reports

Incoming administration officials and some Democrats lead effort to try to help popular Chinese-owned app avert being banned in the US.

17 Jan 2025 - 7:23AMvideocam

TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi testifies before the US House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23, 2023. Photo: AFP via Getty Images/TNS

Space

Blue Origin reaches orbit in first New Glenn launch, misses booster landing

The New Glenn rocket, named after the first US astronaut to orbit Earth, has been in development for about a decade.

17 Jan 2025 - 8:09AM

United States

Bezos’ Blue Origin scrubs launch of rocket poised to challenge Musk’s SpaceX

Blue Origin’s first orbital flight of the New Glenn rocket was cancelled due to technical issues, delaying its challenge to SpaceX’s dominance in the launch market.

13 Jan 2025 - 6:09PM

Fame and celebrity

Who is Lauren Sánchez’s friend, October ‘Tobie’ Gonzalez?

The daughter of Native American musician Pat Vegas, Tobie met Tony Gonzalez when she was working at a bar in California – they married in 2007 and have 2 kids, Malia and River.

7 Jan 2025 - 6:00PM

October Gonzalez is close friends with Lauren Sánchez, her NFL husband Tony Gonzalez’s ex. Photo: @octobergonz/Instagram

United States

Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump

Ann Telnaes said the cartoon was intended to criticise the growing ties between the US’s billionaires and the incoming president.

5 Jan 2025 - 8:52AM

The Washington Post’s long-term cartoonist Ann Telnaes has decided to quit her job at the paper after it nixed one of her sketches. File photo: AFP

Fame and celebrity

Who is Patrick Whitesell, ex-husband of Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez?

An executive chairman of one of Hollywood’s biggest talent agencies, Whitesell bounced back from his ex-wife’s infidelity with the Amazon founder, and is now married to model and actress Pia Miller.

5 Jan 2025 - 5:00AM

History

Recap | Taylor Swift, Elon Musk and Salman Rushdie were foreshadowed in ancient China

Explore connections between Chinese history, current events, and modern celebrities with longtime contributor Wee Kek Koon.

12 Dec 2024 - 12:00PM

Millionaires and billionaires

Recap | Who are the richest people in the world and how did they earn their wealth?

Who has amassed the world’s largest fortunes? Take a deep dive and find out how much they are worth, from the wealthiest tech moguls to fabulously rich supermodels, from millionaire rock stars to the youngest billionaires.

2 Nov 2024 - 3:38PM

Elon Musk is CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla and spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX. He also owns X, formerly known as Twitter. Bloomberg estimates he was worth US$248 billion as of September 12, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Fame and celebrity

Who is Amazon nepo baby Preston Bezos, Jeff Bezos’ eldest son?

Emmy-winning journalist turned children’s book author Sánchez says Jeff Bezos ‘loves her kids’ – and likewise, she was seen holidaying in Greece with him and his son Preston this year.

30 Oct 2024 - 6:00PM

Who is Amazon nepo baby Preston Bezos, Jeff Bezos’s eldest son with MacKenzie Scott? The MIT grad was spotted at Nobu with future stepmum Lauren Sánchez – who calls her blended family “the Brady Bunch”. Photo: Getty Images

US presidential election 2024

Bezos says Washington Post ended US presidential endorsements on ‘principle’

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos argued presidential endorsements ‘create a perception of bias’.

29 Oct 2024 - 12:18PM

US presidential election 2024

Here’s how US billionaires and their employees are approaching the election

From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, some company executives are mega donors while others are staying neutral.

28 Oct 2024 - 3:37PM

US presidential election 2024

Washington Post endorsement of Harris quashed by Bezos, its own report says

The LA Times has also declined to endorse Trump or Harris, prompting its editorial page editor and others to resign.

26 Oct 2024 - 9:45AM

The Washington Post announced on Friday that will endorse neither Democrat Kamala Harris nor Republican Donald Trump in the US presidential election. Photo: AFP

Millionaires and billionaires

Who’s in the US$100 billion club? Net worths, ranked – from Musk to Zuckerberg

From the pioneering tech founders behind Google and Microsoft to the industry titans behind Walmart and Reliance, these founders and CEOs are worth over US$100b – here’s how they made their fortunes.

15 Oct 2024 - 7:00PM

Icons and Influencers

Who is controversial New York restaurateur, Keith McNally?

The British restaurateur behind celeb NYC favourite Balthazar isn’t impressed by Lauren Sanchéz and the Kardashians – or James Corden or Jeff Bezos, for that matter ….

2 Oct 2024 - 3:14PM

Fame and celebrity

Why is Lauren Sánchez’s former yoga instructor, Alanna Zabel, suing her?

When the former Fox News anchor released her debut children’s book earlier this month, her former yoga instructor said it was a move motivated by ‘personal jealousy’.

23 Sep 2024 - 7:00PM

Lauren Sánchez with her book The Fly Who Flew to Space – which yoga instructor and author Alanna Zabel says is based on an idea she came up with. Photos: Getty Images; Az I Am

United States

Jeff Bezos gives rave review of fiancé’s book caught in copying row

Sánchez’s former yoga teacher Alanna Zabel said in a lawsuit that the woman stole the idea from her.

22 Sep 2024 - 10:47AM

Billionaire Jeff Bezos with his fiancé Lauren Sánchez in Spain. Photo: MEGA/GC Images

Fame and celebrity

Meet Tony Gonzalez, Lauren Sanchez’s ex before billionaire Jeff Bezos

As Sánchez and Gonzalez’ son Nico graduates from university, we take a look at the man who stole the former Fox host’s heart before billionaire Jeff Bezos came along …

13 Jun 2024 - 7:00PM

Millionaires and billionaires

9 of the largest yachts owned by tech billionaires, ranked

From Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg to Oracle’s Larry Ellison and ex Google CEO Eric Schmidt, these CEOs’ extravagant superyachts are among the biggest at sea – and have all the amenities possible

24 May 2024 - 6:00PM

United States

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sends first crew to edge of space since 2022 grounding

All passengers, including a venture capitalist and a pilot, are paying customers and are expected float around the pod for a few minutes before returning to earth.

19 May 2024 - 11:13PMvideocam

A screen grab of a Blue Origin broadcast shows the Mission NS-25, with the New Shepard 4 rocket and crew capsule, taking off from the Blue Origin base near Van Horn, Texas. Photo: AFP

Icons and Influencers

Who is David Pecker – and why is he important in Donald Trump’s trial?

The ex-publisher of the Enquirer testified to his 2016 involvement in paying off Playboy model Karen McDougal, while the tabloid also ‘caught and killed’ stories to protect Weinstein and Schwarzenegger

3 May 2024 - 6:55PM

AMI’s David Pecker (second from right) hosts Playboy’s 50th anniversary celebration in 2010, in New York City. Photo: Getty Images for American Media Inc.

Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg’s new US$300 million superyacht, Launchpad

The world’s largest-volume Dutch-built superyacht, with facilities which include a swimming pool and helipad, Launchpad was commissioned by billionaire Vladimir Potanin, who is subject to US sanctions

16 Apr 2024 - 5:00AM

Millionaires and billionaires

Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault – the richest people in the world, compared

They’re worth a combined US$400 billion, but just how did Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and LVMH boss Bernard Arnault achieve their billionaire status?

27 Mar 2024 - 5:55PM

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