Amazon signs ‘Climate Pledge’; promises to tackle climate change
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos promised to tackle climate change as it became the first company to sign the “Climate Pledge” where the retail giant committed to meet the goals of…
MacKenzie Bezos to donate half her $37B to charity
MacKenzie Bezos, the former wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, pledged that she will be donating half of her $37 billion wealth to the Giving Pledge founded by billionaires Warren…
Jeff Bezos to retain Amazon voting control after divorce
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos have announced their agreement for a divorce, leaving Mr. Bezos with the voting control over all his ex-wife’s shares and keeping 75 percent of their co-owned…
Oxfam report indicates rich people are getting richer
The world’s 26 richest people now own the same wealth as the poorest half of humanity, with inequality spiralling out of control. International non-profit organization Oxfam released a report that…
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is now the 3rd richest person in the world
Getting past Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s chairman and chief executive officer Warren Buffett, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is now the third wealthiest person in the world after the social networking company’s shares…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos overtakes Bill Gates as world’s richest man
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is now worth over $90 billion making him the world’s richest man, unseating Microsoft tech billionaire Bill Gates who is now in second place with net…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos asks for ideas on how he should donate his money
Amazon CEO and Founder Jeff Bezos asked his followers on how he should donate his money. With an estimated net worth of US$84.1 billion as of June 2017, Bezos said…