When it comes to his Blue Origin space venture, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos likes to say “slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.” But a new book claims Bezos was… Read More
“I wonder what unit profitability was in 2017 without advertising?” That seemingly mundane question, posed by Jeff Bezos during a meeting of Amazon’s senior leadership team, won’t get as much… Read More
It’s not exactly the type of vessel that would putter around near the shores of Amazon’s South Lake Union campus in Seattle, but Jeff Bezos is reportedly looking to set… Read More
Step aside, Mannequin Skywalker. Blue Origin is getting ready for real humans to man its New Shepard spaceship and replace the high-tech dummy that has flown on previous test flights.… Read More
Marty Baron, who retired as executive editor of The Washington Post earlier this year, is writing a book about his time at the newspaper and how it was impacted by… Read More
The billionaire space battle just got kicked up a notch, with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture challenging NASA’s award of a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract to… Read More
Jeff Bezos is among the investors taking part in an $80 million funding round in Overtime, a sports media brand with plans to launch a new basketball league for elite… Read More
Jeff Bezos played host to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in a recent tour of the Mary’s Place family shelter that is attached to Amazon’s corporate headquarters campus in Seattle. In… Read More
The Bezos Earth Fund has hired Charlotte Pera as vice president for Strategy and Programs for the $10 billion effort to fight climate change. Since 2012, Pera has been the… Read More
Jeff Bezos surprised some Amazon critics and followers this week by throwing his weight behind a federal corporate tax hike to help pay for President Biden’s infrastructure plan. It was… Read More
It feels sometimes like the “enemy hordes are at the gates,” an Amazon shareholder told Jeff Bezos at the company’s annual meeting in 2018. “Is this the price one pays… Read More
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will not testify at a Senate Budget Committee hearing on income inequality next week — a decision that comes hours after Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) invited… Read More
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former Microsoft CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer saw their already massive fortunes soar during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a new report by the… Read More
Jeff Bezos announced Tuesday that his Bezos Earth Fund has hired Andrew Steer, the head of the World Resources Institute, as its first CEO and president. Bezos launched the fund… Read More
Another Jeff is moving on from his longtime Amazon executive role, filling out the picture of what has become a massive leadership transition at the tech giant. Jeff Blackburn, the… Read More
[Sandeep Krishnamurthy is dean of the School of Business at the University of Washington, Bothell.] Commentary: Jeff Bezos just announced plans to step down as Amazon’s CEO. He will remain… Read More
Customers are still No. 1 at Amazon, but the tech giant now wants it to be known, officially, that employees are also “critical” to its customer-centric mission. That’s one of… Read More
Update: In a court filing on Jan. 10, 2024, federal prosecutors vacated the prior guilty pleas of Christian Kirschner and Kyle Ramstetter in connection with these allegations, describing prosecution as… Read More
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was the top American philanthropist in 2020, giving away $10.1 billion to non-profit efforts associated with climate change and education, according to a ranking released this… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Tom Alberg, managing director at Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group, was an Amazon investor who served on the company’s board of directors from 1996 to 2019.… Read More
How will Amazon maintain its culture as it approaches 1.3 million employees and prepares for its founder Jeff Bezos to step down as CEO? One answer is the set of… Read More
The editor who has been in charge of The Washington Post newsroom ever since Jeff Bezos bought the newspaper is stepping down at the end of the month. In a… Read More
What does Andy Jassy’s track record at Amazon Web Services say about how he’ll lead Amazon as the company’s next CEO? What will be Jeff Bezos’ ongoing influence as the… Read More
Andy Jassy will have big shoes to fill when he takes over from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos later this year. The chicken wing lovin’ 53-year-old tech executive also will face… Read More
When singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile sat down for a live video interview in December, the person asking the questions on stage could have passed for a veteran music journalist. Without any… Read More
The news Tuesday that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos would be stepping down from his role as CEO later this year drew a huge social media response, with a variety of… Read More
What will Amazon without Jeff Bezos as CEO look like? It could look a lot like Bezos’ biggest personal passion project — Blue Origin, which is working to send people… Read More
Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO of Amazon, becoming executive chairman of the company he conceived 27 years ago on a road trip to Seattle, and built into one… Read More
A new proposed wealth tax in Washington state would impose a 1% tax on billionaires, affecting Seattle-area tech and business leaders such as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill… Read More
If you’re hanging out in West Texas during a pandemic, there are few fireworks shows more thrilling than a test firing of your very own rocket engine. At least that’s… Read More