Jeff Bezos bumps Elon Musk from billionaires top spot with net worth of $200.3B Jeff Bezos is back on top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the first time since 2021, overtaking Elon Musk… Read More
‘Let’s go!’ Jeff Bezos gets revved up when Blue Origin raises up its New Glenn rocket For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture lifted up an orbital-class New Glenn rocket on its Florida… Read More
Jeff Bezos sells $2 billion worth of Amazon shares in his first stock sale since 2021 Jeff Bezos sold nearly 12 million Amazon shares, his first sale of the company’s stock since 2021, for a total… Read More
Filing: Jeff Bezos adopted plan to sell up to 50M Amazon shares six days after announcing move A new Amazon filing, detailing Jeff Bezos’ plan to sell a slice of his stake in the company, sheds fresh… Read More
Amazon’s birthplace is back on the market: Visitors flock to the house ‘where it all started’ BELLEVUE, Wash. — With an asking price of $2.28 million, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 10704 NE 28th St. is… Read More
Podcast Surviving Amazon: Work, life, and bias inside one of the world’s most ambitious businesses [Editor’s Note: We’re excited this week to welcome a guest host to the GeekWire Podcast, Ross Reynolds, whose voice is… Read More
Bezos Day 1 Families Fund awards $117M to help families experiencing homelessness The Bezos Day 1 Families Fund announced $117 million in grants on Tuesday to organizations that aid families experiencing homelessness.… Read More
Jeff Bezos may leave Seattle ‘a piece of my heart’ but some hope for a slice of his future philanthropy “Seattle, you will always have a piece of my heart,” Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wrote in a recent Instagram post… Read More
‘I’m looking forward to being Mrs. Bezos’: Vogue profiles Lauren Sanchez’s life with Amazon founder Lauren Sanchez makes a splash in the December issue of Vogue magazine, sprawling inside the 10,000 year clock, flying a… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Bezos’ big move, Convoy’s last stop, AI meets VC, and more news of the week What should we make of Jeff Bezos’ decision to move from Seattle to Miami? It’s tempting to see the Amazon… Read More
Swimming from Seattle? Jeff Bezos’ big move brings us full circle from the mid-1990s The news that Jeff Bezos is leaving Seattle feels like a bookend, of sorts — not a doomsday moment for… Read More
‘Seattle, you will always have a piece of my heart’: Jeff Bezos leaving Amazon’s hometown for Miami Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is moving away from Seattle, the city where he started an online bookseller that grew into… Read More
FTC vs. Amazon: Filing reveals more claims about Bezos’ alleged role, Project Nessie, and more An updated version of the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust complaint against Amazon was filed Thursday morning in U.S. District Court… Read More
Jeff Bezos and NASA’s administrator share a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s moon lander Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson today provided a look at coming attractions in the… Read More
Blue Origin unveils ‘Blue Ring,’ a multi-use space platform to aid missions to Earth orbit and beyond Blue Origin unveiled plans for a new spacecraft platform designed to serve as a multi-use, multi-mission way station providing services… Read More
Jeff Bezos buys $79M mansion in Florida’s exclusive ‘Billionaire Bunker’ Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is expanding his real estate portfolio with the purchase of a $79 million mansion in South… Read More
Former Washington Post chief Marty Baron on what it was like working for Jeff Bezos Inside the Seattle-area home of their new boss, a group of Washington Post leaders nervously waited as Jeff Bezos silently… Read More
Podcast Is Elon Musk calculated or crazed? Walter Isaacson discusses his new book on the GeekWire Podcast You might not know it from his recent comments, but there was a time in the late-1990s when Elon Musk… Read More
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez create $100M fund to help Maui recover from wildfire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sanchez are dedicating $100 million to a fund to help the Hawaiian island… Read More
Reports: Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez engaged Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez are reportedly engaged, four years after the couple first went public with their… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ huge sailing yacht has a carved figurehead that looks a lot like his girlfriend Jeff Bezos has finally been spotted aboard the $500 million sailing yacht that he’s been rumored to be the owner… Read More
Amazon is working on generative AI, too, CEO Andy Jassy assures shareholders in annual letter What about Amazon? That question comes up frequently these days in tech industry conversations about generative artificial intelligence, especially as… Read More
Giant sailing yacht linked to Jeff Bezos spotted undergoing sea trials A giant sailing yacht rumored to have been built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been spotted undergoing sea trails.… Read More
Fictional plans for building a space station beyond the moon reflect Jeff Bezos’ vision If Jeff Bezos needs a blueprint for building a space station beyond the moon with ore from an asteroid, he… Read More
Seattle teen reveals how much carbon the ultra-rich emit from their private jets A Seattle teen is creating a bit of turbulence with a website tallying the carbon emissions of the ultra-rich traveling… Read More
Report: Jeff Bezos using investment firm to explore bid for NFL’s Washington Commanders Another new report is linking Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to a potential bid to buy the NFL’s Washington Commanders. The… Read More
Band that took shot at ‘local villain’ Jeff Bezos during Seattle hockey game releases song Three weeks after the Seattle band Who Is She? played during intermission of a Seattle Kraken game at Climate Pledge… Read More
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy explains the company’s current mindset in surprise debut on earnings call Amazon CEO Andy Jassy joined the company’s earnings call with analysts and investors for the first time Thursday afternoon, explaining… Read More
Band says it’s ‘not welcome back’ at Seattle arena; NHL team insists song lampooning Bezos isn’t why A Seattle punk-pop group that played this week as the “house band” between periods at a Seattle Kraken game at… Read More
Lauren Sanchez plans to lead an all-female crew on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceship Lauren Sanchez is planning to follow in the footsteps of her billionaire boyfriend, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, by taking a… Read More
