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Jeff Bezos

Nothing to see here, Amazon tells court in response to FTC’s complaints about Signal messages

by Todd Bishop on May 14, 2024May 14, 2024 at 8:16 pm

At a company known for putting its most important ideas and strategies into comprehensive six-page memos, quick messages between executives aren’t the place for meaningful business discussions. That’s one of… Read More

Bezos Earth Fund launches $100M ‘grand challenge’ for AI solutions to climate change

by Lisa Stiffler on April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 at 10:31 am

The Bezos Earth Fund on Tuesday announced the creation of a $100 million grand challenge that’s seeking artificial intelligence-powered solutions for climate change and damage to the natural environment. The… Read More

Amazon names business and tech leader Andrew Ng to its board, boosting AI expertise

by Todd Bishop on April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 at 6:26 am

Amazon’s newest board member is Andrew Ng, a business and technology leader, serial startup founder, investor, and educator who specializes in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and online education. Ng, who… Read More

DOJ suit over Apple iPhone cites failures of Amazon Fire Phone and Microsoft Windows Phone

by Todd Bishop on March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 at 8:53 am

The U.S. Justice Department’s landmark antitrust lawsuit Thursday morning against Apple, which accuses the company of illegally maintaining an iPhone smartphone monopoly, reads at times like a technology history lesson.… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez name latest recipients of $50M Courage and Civility Awards

by Kurt Schlosser on March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 at 8:58 am

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez are giving $50 million to both actor and activist Eva Longoria and retired Navy Adm. William McRaven as recipients of the… Read More

Musk and Bezos

Jeff Bezos bumps Elon Musk from billionaires top spot with net worth of $200.3B

by Kurt Schlosser on March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 at 8:28 am

Jeff Bezos is back on top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the first time since 2021, overtaking Elon Musk as the richest person in the world with a net… Read More

Two men looking at New Glenn rocket on pad

‘Let’s go!’ Jeff Bezos gets revved up when Blue Origin raises up its New Glenn rocket

by Alan Boyle on February 21, 2024February 22, 2024 at 2:29 pm

For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture lifted up an orbital-class New Glenn rocket on its Florida launch pad — with the billionaire boss keeping watch. “Just… Read More

Jeff Bezos sells $2 billion worth of Amazon shares in his first stock sale since 2021

by Todd Bishop on February 10, 2024February 10, 2024 at 8:08 am

Jeff Bezos sold nearly 12 million Amazon shares, his first sale of the company’s stock since 2021, for a total of more than $2 billion, according to a regulatory filing.… Read More

Jeff Bezos after spaceflight

Filing: Jeff Bezos adopted plan to sell up to 50M Amazon shares six days after announcing move

by Taylor Soper & Todd Bishop on February 6, 2024February 7, 2024 at 11:50 am

A new Amazon filing, detailing Jeff Bezos’ plan to sell a slice of his stake in the company, sheds fresh light on his move from Seattle to Miami — and… Read More

Amazon’s birthplace is back on the market: Visitors flock to the house ‘where it all started’

by Todd Bishop on January 21, 2024January 22, 2024 at 10:36 am

BELLEVUE, Wash. — With an asking price of $2.28 million, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 10704 NE 28th St. is one of the most affordable single-family homes on the market… Read More

Podcast

Surviving Amazon: Work, life, and bias inside one of the world’s most ambitious businesses

by Ross Reynolds on December 16, 2023December 16, 2023 at 7:06 am

[Editor’s Note: We’re excited this week to welcome a guest host to the GeekWire Podcast, Ross Reynolds, whose voice is well-known in the Seattle region from his 34 years at… Read More

Bezos Day 1 Families Fund awards $117M to help families experiencing homelessness

by Lisa Stiffler on November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 at 7:40 am

The Bezos Day 1 Families Fund announced $117 million in grants on Tuesday to organizations that aid families experiencing homelessness. Fund recipients are spread across 23 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.… Read More

Jeff Bezos may leave Seattle ‘a piece of my heart’ but some hope for a slice of his future philanthropy

by Lisa Stiffler on November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 at 10:51 am

“Seattle, you will always have a piece of my heart,” Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wrote in a recent Instagram post announcing his move to Miami. But what some are hungry… Read More

‘I’m looking forward to being Mrs. Bezos’: Vogue profiles Lauren Sanchez’s life with Amazon founder

by Kurt Schlosser on November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 at 10:14 am

Lauren Sanchez makes a splash in the December issue of Vogue magazine, sprawling inside the 10,000 year clock, flying a helicopter, posing on a Blue Origin launch pad and inside… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Bezos’ big move, Convoy’s last stop, AI meets VC, and more news of the week

by Todd Bishop on November 4, 2023November 4, 2023 at 8:10 am

What should we make of Jeff Bezos’ decision to move from Seattle to Miami? It’s tempting to see the Amazon founder’s departure as a blow to the Seattle region. But… Read More

Swimming from Seattle? Jeff Bezos’ big move brings us full circle from the mid-1990s

by Todd Bishop on November 3, 2023November 3, 2023 at 7:34 am

The news that Jeff Bezos is leaving Seattle feels like a bookend, of sorts — not a doomsday moment for the city, by any stretch, but perhaps the symbolic end… Read More

‘Seattle, you will always have a piece of my heart’: Jeff Bezos leaving Amazon’s hometown for Miami

by Kurt Schlosser on November 2, 2023November 3, 2023 at 11:09 am

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is moving away from Seattle, the city where he started an online bookseller that grew into a global tech giant. Bezos posted a throwback video on… Read More

Jeff Bezos

FTC vs. Amazon: Filing reveals more claims about Bezos’ alleged role, Project Nessie, and more

by Todd Bishop on November 2, 2023November 3, 2023 at 7:41 am

An updated version of the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust complaint against Amazon was filed Thursday morning in U.S. District Court in Seattle, making public many (but not all) of the… Read More

Jeff Bezos and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson chat in front of Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander at the company's Alabama production facility

Jeff Bezos and NASA’s administrator share a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s moon lander

by Alan Boyle on October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 at 6:25 pm

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson today provided a look at coming attractions in the form of a social-media glimpse at Blue Origin’s Blue Moon… Read More

Blue Origin unveils ‘Blue Ring,’ a multi-use space platform to aid missions to Earth orbit and beyond

by Kurt Schlosser on October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 at 1:35 pm

Blue Origin unveiled plans for a new spacecraft platform designed to serve as a multi-use, multi-mission way station providing services that span hosting, transportation, refueling, data relay, logistics, and more.… Read More

Jeff Bezos buys $79M mansion in Florida’s exclusive ‘Billionaire Bunker’

by Kurt Schlosser on October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 at 9:01 am

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is expanding his real estate portfolio with the purchase of a $79 million mansion in South Florida. And it’s next door to a home he paid… Read More

Former Washington Post chief Marty Baron on what it was like working for Jeff Bezos

by Taylor Soper on October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 at 11:55 am

Inside the Seattle-area home of their new boss, a group of Washington Post leaders nervously waited as Jeff Bezos silently reviewed a memo detailing a struggling newspaper business. The Amazon… Read More

Podcast

Is Elon Musk calculated or crazed? Walter Isaacson discusses his new book on the GeekWire Podcast

by Todd Bishop on September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 at 11:07 am

You might not know it from his recent comments, but there was a time in the late-1990s when Elon Musk was a fan of Bill Gates and Microsoft. During his… Read More

News Brief

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez create $100M fund to help Maui recover from wildfire

by Kurt Schlosser on August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 at 3:27 pm

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sanchez are dedicating $100 million to a fund to help the Hawaiian island of Maui recover from devastating wildfires this week.

Reports: Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez engaged

by Kurt Schlosser on May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 at 1:48 pm

Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez are reportedly engaged, four years after the couple first went public with their relationship. Multiple reports surfaced on Monday citing unnamed sources. The… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ huge sailing yacht has a carved figurehead that looks a lot like his girlfriend

by Kurt Schlosser on May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 at 2:25 pm

Jeff Bezos has finally been spotted aboard the $500 million sailing yacht that he’s been rumored to be the owner of for years. And the vessel has an added design… Read More

Amazon is working on generative AI, too, CEO Andy Jassy assures shareholders in annual letter

by Todd Bishop on April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 at 8:15 am

What about Amazon? That question comes up frequently these days in tech industry conversations about generative artificial intelligence, especially as Open AI leverages its partnership with Microsoft Azure, the Amazon… Read More

Video

Giant sailing yacht linked to Jeff Bezos spotted undergoing sea trials

by Kurt Schlosser on March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 at 11:43 am

A giant sailing yacht rumored to have been built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been spotted undergoing sea trails. The 417-foot-long, triple-masted craft, with a price tag of upwards… Read More

"Critical Mass" book cover illustration showing space station beyond moon

Fictional plans for building a space station beyond the moon reflect Jeff Bezos’ vision

by Alan Boyle on March 7, 2023April 10, 2023 at 12:41 am

If Jeff Bezos needs a blueprint for building a space station beyond the moon with ore from an asteroid, he just might want to start with “Critical Mass,” a newly published sci-fi… Read More

Seattle teen reveals how much carbon the ultra-rich emit from their private jets

by Lisa Stiffler on February 27, 2023March 2, 2023 at 12:02 pm

A Seattle teen is creating a bit of turbulence with a website tallying the carbon emissions of the ultra-rich traveling on private jets. Akash Shendure totaled up last year’s jet… Read More

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