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Jeff Bezos makes rare visit to Washington Post as newspaper plans more layoffs

Jeff Bezos made news this week with a rare visit to the newspaper that he owns. The Amazon founder attended… Read More

‘The billionaires are in charge’ – here’s who is spending the most on climate change efforts

Climate change is starting to receive the funding and attention that some activists, scientists and policy makers have sought for… Read More

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GeekWire’s 2022 News Quiz: Challenge yourself with our annual test of tech news knowledge

How closely were you reading GeekWire this year? Here’s your chance to put that accumulated knowledge to the test. It’s… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Layoffs land at Amazon HQ; Redfin’s real estate reversal; Jeff Bezos and Jay-Z

Amazon became the latest tech giant to make layoffs in its corporate workforce this week in the face of the… Read More

Jeff Bezos says he will give away most of his fortune

Jeff Bezos will be giving away most of his fortune. The Amazon founder revealed the news for the first time… Read More

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Amazon’s new reality: Where the tech giant is doubling down and cutting back in tough times

Amazon has grown dramatically over the past decade, surpassing 1.5 million employees and extending its reach into nearly every corner… Read More

Report: Jeff Bezos and Jay-Z named as potential buyers of Washington NFL team

Jeff Bezos’ name is surfacing again as a potential NFL team owner. A new report from People magazine cites a… Read More

Housekeeper sues Jeff Bezos over working conditions at Amazon founder’s home

A housekeeper who says she worked for nearly three years at Jeff Bezos’ Seattle-area home claims she was subjected to… Read More

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center receives ‘transformative’ $710.5M gift from the Bezos family

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center on Wednesday announced an enormous philanthropic gift of $710.5 million from Jackie and Mike Bezos, the… Read More

Teamsters members and national leaders march on Amazon HQ, escalating union campaign

Teamsters leaders including Sean O’Brien, general president of the union, brought their campaign to organize Amazon warehouse and logistics workers… Read More

Was Amazon ready for some football? Tech giant passes test on first exclusive NFL stream

Amazon took center stage in the sports universe Thursday as the tech giant streamed its first exclusive NFL game —… Read More

Beyond Amazon.com: Tech giant’s new Worldwide Stores CEO on its next big bets in e-commerce

There’s a common theme running through some of Amazon’s announcements at its annual conference for sellers in Seattle this week:… Read More

You can weigh in on spaced-out designs for Smithsonian’s Bezos Learning Center

The design selection process for the Bezos Learning Center planned at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum may… Read More

University rebukes professor whose tweet about dying queen drew response from Jeff Bezos

A professor whose tweet about Queen Elizabeth II was called out by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, among others, has been… Read More

Buff Bezos’ burger binge: Amazon founder grabs a bite at McDonald’s, where he first worked as a teen

Jeff Bezos was lovin’ it on Sunday. With the last bite of a McDonald’s hamburger pinched between his fingers, the… Read More

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Understanding Amazon: Secrets of the company’s success, and where it’s headed next

Amazon is one of the most extraordinary business stories of our time. Many people in the tech industry have a… Read More

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What we learned from the life of early Amazon investor and Seattle business leader Tom Alberg

Seattle-based investor and business leader Tom Alberg, who died last week at the age of 82, was a key figure… Read More

Jeff Bezos at Blue Origin and in "Star Trek Beyond"

How the Star Trek saga blazed new trails for space exploration — with a hand from superfan Jeff Bezos

Over the course of five decades, advances in space science and exploration have changed the Star Trek saga — but… Read More

Bezos reignites Biden inflation feud, says president is misdirecting public or misunderstanding market

Updated below with White House response. Jeff Bezos called out President Joe Biden for telling gas station owners to lower… Read More

Jeff Bezos giving $10M to expand Center for Innovation named for him at Seattle’s MOHAI

Jeff Bezos is giving $10 million more to Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry so that the institution can expand… Read More

Amazon’s Great Reshuffle: Consumer CEO’s exit continues exec shakeup

Dave Clark, an Amazon veteran of more than 23 years, and the CEO of the company’s worldwide consumer business for… Read More

Dave Clark, Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO, leaves abruptly after 23 years with tech giant

One of Amazon’s longtime leaders, Worldwide Consumer CEO Dave Clark, is leaving the company to pursue unspecified “other opportunities” in… Read More

In unusually close votes, Amazon shareholders send messages on exec pay, labor, and environment

New numbers reveal an undercurrent of Amazon shareholder opposition to the company’s board and management on issues including executive pay,… Read More

Has Amazon found its fourth pillar? Revisiting a key question for the company’s future

One year ago, the last question put to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos during his final shareholder meeting as the company’s… Read More

White House and Jeff Bezos continue to trade jabs in dispute over inflation claims

The White House returned fire and Jeff Bezos took another swing Monday in a back-and-forth dispute between the Amazon founder… Read More

Watch a tearful Jeff Bezos celebrate his immigrant father: ‘Could not have had a better role model’

Jeff Bezos is never shy about sharing his love for his parents on social media, thanking them for the inspiration… Read More

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s $212M in annual compensation isn’t quite what it seems

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s total compensation for 2021, including his first six months as the tech giant’s chief executive, was… Read More

Where’s my jetpack? It was at MARS conference, along with Jeff Bezos and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

Billionaire Jeff Bezos missed out on his usual chauffeuring duties at the West Texas launch orchestrated today by his Blue… Read More

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Jeff Bezos, future Seahawks owner? Why the Russell Wilson trade increases the odds

This week’s blockbuster trade of Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson could be the first in a series of moves that… Read More

Scramble the fighters! Thousands of protesters sign up to egg Jeff Bezos’ yacht at Dutch bridge site

Nearly 5,000 people have signed up to throw eggs at Jeff Bezos’ superyacht when it sails through the Dutch city… Read More