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  Who is Andy Jassy, the next Amazon CEO

  World | February 03, 2021 9:32 IST

  The announcement regarding Jeff Bezos's stepping down came as Amazon released its financial results for its fourth quarter that ended December 31, 2020.

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  Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO later this year

  Business | February 03, 2021 6:28 IST

  Launched in 1995, Amazon was a pioneer of fast, free shipping that won over millions of shoppers who used the site to buy diapers, TVs and just about anything else. Under Bezos, Amazon also launched the first e-reader that gained mass acceptance, and its Echo listening device made voice assistants a common sight in living rooms.

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  Elon Musk now richest man on earth, pushes Amazon's Jeff Bezos to 2nd spot

  Business | January 08, 2021 15:50 IST

  Elon Musk, founder, CEO, CTO and chief designer of SpaceX and CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc, has become the world's richest man, pushing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on the second spot, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos tops list of richest charitable gifts in 2020

  World | January 05, 2021 10:32 IST

  Bezos and the Zuckerbergs made up the next spots on last year’s top 10 list, with $100 million donations — Bezos for Feeding America to aid food banks across the country and the Zuckerbergs to the same election security group.

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  Jeff Bezos' former wife MacKenzie Scott says she has given USD 4.1 billion to charity in 4 months

  World | December 16, 2020 10:55 IST

  After donating $1.68 billion to 116 nonprofits, universities, community development groups and legal organizations last July, Scott asked a team of advisers to help her “accelerate” her 2020 giving with immediate help to those financially gutted by the pandemic.

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  Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin looks to make history, to send first woman to moon | All you need to know

  Science | December 07, 2020 13:59 IST

  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin is all set to take the first woman to the moon's surface. The Amazon billionaire and world’s richest man announced his plans in a video post on Instagram. "This (BE-7) is the engine that will take the first woman to the surface of the Moon," Bezos said in a post on Instagram with a video of the engine test this week at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

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  Amazon India user writes to Jeff Bezos about failed delivery: Here's how he got the refund

  Technology | October 17, 2020 14:37 IST

  Amazon Jeff Bezos CEO is known for reading customer emails and he read this one too. As a result, Omkar Hanmante got his refund.

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  Mukesh Ambani's Reliance offers Amazon $20 billion stakes in retail arm: What we know

  Fyi | September 10, 2020 15:10 IST

  Reliance Industries is offering to sell about $20 Billion in its retail business to Amazon. The e-commerce retailer held discussions about investing in Mukesh Ambani's company and has expressed interest in negotiating a potential transaction. 

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  Jeff Bezos becomes world's first $200 billionaire. Check Top 10 List

  Business | August 27, 2020 11:23 IST

  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has become the world's first-ever $200 billionaire. Well, you may that the world's richest person is wealthier than he's ever been. His net worth cleared the record $200 billion mark on Wednesday when shares of his online shopping company reached $3,403.64.

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  Battle of billionaires: Mukesh Ambani's Reliance and Jeff Bezos's Amazon set to clash on e-pharma

  Business | August 17, 2020 9:26 IST

  The next big battle of billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Jeff Bezos is set to be on the e-pharma front. According to a report in the Live Mint, both the companies are looking to diversify into the e-pharma segment.

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  Jeff Bezos sells over $3.1 billion worth Amazon shares

  Business | August 06, 2020 10:28 IST

  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has sold over $3.1 billion worth of Amazon shares this week. This has taken his total cashout in 2020 so far to a massive $7.2 billion. In 2019, Bezos had sold $2.8 billion worth of Amazon shares. 

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  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos: I can’t guarantee that employees never accessed, used third-party seller data

  Business | July 30, 2020 15:13 IST

  Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has said that he cannot guarantee the company employees have not accessed third party seller data.

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  Sundar Pichai, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Cook take heat during US Congress grilling

  World | July 30, 2020 8:29 IST

  Four big tech CEOs -- Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple -- pushed back against accusations during a US Congress panel hearing capping a yearlong investigation into these companies' market domination online.

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  4 big tech CEOs from Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google to defend their success stories

  World | July 29, 2020 17:29 IST

  Four Big Tech CEOs — Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple — are set to answer for their companies’ practices before Congress as a House panel caps its yearlong investigation of market dominance in the industry.

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  Jeff Bezos, the world's RICHEST man: Check his net worth, and the story behind

  Business | July 23, 2020 19:24 IST

  "I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all," Jeff Bezos had once said. Probably that's what makes Jeff Bezos the man he is, and in fact, the richest man in the world. Forbes' real-time list of billionaires shows the Amazon founder's net worth running into an unimaginable sum.

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  Amazon engineers behind Kindle, Echo working on COVID-19 testing tools

  Technology | May 26, 2020 11:27 IST

  Amazon aims to contribute to the ongoing Coronavirus crisis and introduce COVID-19 testing tools

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  Amazon boss Jeff Bezos could become world's first trillionaire by 2026

  Business | May 15, 2020 12:58 IST

  Despite losing an estimated $38 billion as part of his recent divorce, Bezos is still by far the world's richest person and his net worth has grown by 34 per cent on average over the last five years, said the study, by Comparisun, a company which helps organisations compare different business products.

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  Trump administration advancing personal vendetta against us: Amazon

  Business | April 30, 2020 15:10 IST

  Jeff Bezoz-run Amazon was left in shock when the Donald Trump administration put five of its foreign websites – India, Canada, the UK, Germany, France – on the "Notorious Markets" annual report for being havens for counterfeit products.

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  Jeff Bezos richer by $6.4 bn as Amazon stocks hit record high

  Business | April 15, 2020 12:53 IST

  According to a Forbes report on Tuesday, Amazon stock surged 5.3 per cent on Tuesday, hitting a new record close of $2,283 per share. The stock is now up over 20 per cent so far this year, outpacing the benchmark index.

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  Coronavirus Crisis: Jeff Bezos donates $100 million to feed out-of-work Americans

  Business | April 04, 2020 13:43 IST

  Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has announced to donate $100 million to US food banks to help them feed a growing number of out-of-job Americans during the ongoing new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.