Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to fight climate change
4 years, 10 months ago

Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to fight climate change

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change. Bezos, the world’s richest person, said in an Instagram post that he’ll start giving grants this summer to scientists, activists and nonprofits working to protect Earth. “I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change,” Bezos said in the post. In 2018, Bezos started another fund, committing $2 billion of his own money to open preschools in low-income neighborhoods and give money to nonprofits that help homeless families.

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Billionaire Jeff Bezos wants to 'help' Trump gut regulations
1 month ago

Billionaire Jeff Bezos wants to 'help' Trump gut regulations

Raw Story  

Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Wednesday expressed his optimism about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's next term and suggested he would "help" the Republican gut regulations. I'm very hopeful about this—he seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation," Bezos told The New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin during the newspaper's DealBook Summit. After complaining about the burden …

Biden promotes his legacy of fighting against climate change in historic Amazon visit
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Biden promotes his legacy of fighting against climate change in historic Amazon visit

Firstpost  

Biden flew over the jungle by helicopter and met with Indigenous leaders in the Brazilian city of Manaus on the penultimate leg of a valedictory South American tour which has been overshadowed by Trump’s election win US President Joe Biden speaks after signing a proclamation designating November 17 as International Conservation Day during a tour of the Museu da Amazonia …

COP29: Bezos Earth Fund CEO on Climate Philanthropy
1 month, 3 weeks ago

COP29: Bezos Earth Fund CEO on Climate Philanthropy

Bloomberg  

00:00 Hello again and thank you very much for being with us today. So, for example, the work we're doing in the Congo Basin is risky, but is worth it because it's one of the three great tropical forest areas. So the money that you're deploying in biodiversity, do you feel like there's a way to sort of shift the …

How Jeff Bezos built his $200BN fortune to become the world's richest man: Amazon founder made $7.9MN EVERY hour last year and is now worth more than THREE HUNDRED times Tom Cruise's mega $600MN fortu
10 months ago

How Jeff Bezos built his $200BN fortune to become the world's richest man: Amazon founder made $7.9MN EVERY hour last year and is now worth more than THREE HUNDRED times Tom Cruise's mega $600MN fortu

Daily Mail  

Jeff Bezos has taken back his spot as the world's richest man for the first time in three years after amassing a $200billion fortune. In February 2020, he shelled out $165million for this 13,600 sq ft Georgian-style mansion in Beverly Hills, California, which boasts terraces, guest houses, a tennis court, and a nine-hole golf course Jeff Bezos's yacht named Koru …

Jeff Bezos, after founding Amazon in a Seattle garage three decades ago, packs his bags for Miami
1 year, 2 months ago

Jeff Bezos, after founding Amazon in a Seattle garage three decades ago, packs his bags for Miami

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Jeff Bezos is leaving Seattle, where the billionaire founded Amazon out of a garage nearly three decades ago. In a Thursday night Instagram post, the 59-year-old Bezos announced plans to return to Miami — where he spent his high school years — to be closer to his parents and his partner, Lauren Sánchez. Bezos stepped down as …

Amazon ‘to lay off 10,000 employees’ as Bezos vows to give away his $124bn fortune
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon ‘to lay off 10,000 employees’ as Bezos vows to give away his $124bn fortune

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In an interview on CNN on Monday, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he planned to give away …

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to give most of his money to charity
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to give most of his money to charity

Live Mint  

Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos said he plans to give the bulk of his fortune, estimated at $124 billion, to charity during his lifetime. “We have big problems in the world and the way to get big problems done is to work together," Mr. Bezos told CNN during an interview with his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez at his Washington, D.C., home. …

Jeff Bezos says he will give away most of his fortune
2 years, 1 month ago

Jeff Bezos says he will give away most of his fortune

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he will give away the majority of his wealth during his lifetime, becoming the latest billionaire to pledge to donate much of his vast fortune. Bezos, whose “real-time” worth Forbes magazine estimates at roughly $124.1 billion, made the announcement in a joint CNN interview with his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez that was released …

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to give away most of $124 billion wealth to charity
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to give away most of $124 billion wealth to charity

Live Mint  

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will donate most of his wealth to charities that focus on climate change and social and political discrimination. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Bezos and his partner, journalist-turned-philanthropist Lauren Sánchez, said they intend to donate the majority of his wealth within his lifetime and currently the couple is “building the capacity to be able to …

Jeff Bezos pays $200million to get his name put on the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum
2 years, 11 months ago

Jeff Bezos pays $200million to get his name put on the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum

Daily Mail  

Jeff Bezos has paid $200 million to name a new branch of the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, after the Amazon founder traveled to space just once. Along with the STEAM center, a major portion of the renovations will focus on the museum's existing restaurant area this spring and replace it with the new building, with the aim of opening …

Is Jeff Bezos serious about protecting the environment?
3 years, 1 month ago

Is Jeff Bezos serious about protecting the environment?

The Independent  

Why is Bezos criticised by environmental and social justice groups? The online shopping behemoth said activities tied to its businesses emitted 60.64 million metric tons of carbon dioxide last year — the equivalent of burning through 140 million barrels of oil. “A reminder that Jeff Bezos has made over $48 billion during the pandemic while over 40 million Americans have …

Jeff Bezos donates $100MILLION to the Obama Foundation
3 years, 1 month ago

Jeff Bezos donates $100MILLION to the Obama Foundation

Daily Mail  

Amazon founder and owner of the Washington Post Jeff Bezos donated a whopping $100 million to the Obama Foundation, the largest ever to the charity. As part of the gift, Bezos asked the plaza at the Obama Presidential Center be renamed John Lewis Plaza, after the late congressman and civil rights leader who spent decades fighting for voting rights. With …

Cop26: Jeff Bezos says space trip taught him of ‘Earth’s fragility’ as Amazon founder pledges $2bn for nature
3 years, 2 months ago

Cop26: Jeff Bezos says space trip taught him of ‘Earth’s fragility’ as Amazon founder pledges $2bn for nature

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Earth is beautiful but fragile, Jeff Bezos has told Cop26 – something he realised when …

Why are billionaires like Jeff Bezos launching themselves into a new space race?
3 years, 5 months ago

Why are billionaires like Jeff Bezos launching themselves into a new space race?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. His exploits also come nine days after Sir Richard Branson’s space travel venture Virgin Galactict took to …

After return from space, Jeff Bezos gives $100 million to chef José Andres
3 years, 5 months ago

After return from space, Jeff Bezos gives $100 million to chef José Andres

Live Mint  

Jeff Bezos made big news on Tuesday and not just for flying into space. In a press conference following his 11-minute Blue Origin flight, the Amazon.com Inc. founder announced a $100 million award to José Andrés. The Nobel Peace Prize-nominated chef will donate the money to World Central Kitchen, the nonprofit he cofounded in 2010 that helps feed and support …

Jeff Bezos launches new era of space travel with Blue Origin ride
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos launches new era of space travel with Blue Origin ride

LA Times  

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos achieves his dream of flying to the edge of space. Our Dream of Spaceflight.” “It’s still going to be expensive, it’s still not going to be something everybody can do right away, but it’s a first step.” Bezos’ suborbital flight — his company Blue Origin’s first crewed launch — came a little over a week after …

Amazon begins new chapter as Jeff Bezos hands over CEO role
3 years, 6 months ago

Amazon begins new chapter as Jeff Bezos hands over CEO role

India TV News  

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO on Monday, handing over the reins as the company navigates the challenges of a world fighting to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. Andy Jassy, who ran Amazon’s cloud-computing business, replaced Bezos, a change the company announced in February. Bezos, Amazon’s biggest shareholder with a stake worth about $180 billion, will still hold …

Amazon begins new chapter as Jeff Bezos hands over CEO role
3 years, 6 months ago

Amazon begins new chapter as Jeff Bezos hands over CEO role

India Today  

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO on Monday, handing over the reins as the company navigates the challenges of a world fighting to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. Andy Jassy, who ran Amazon’s cloud-computing business, replaced Bezos, a change the company announced in February. Bezos, Amazon’s biggest shareholder with a stake worth about $180 billion, will still hold …

Amazon begins new chapter as Bezos hands over CEO role
3 years, 6 months ago

Amazon begins new chapter as Bezos hands over CEO role

LA Times  

Even after he steps down as Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos will still hold sway over the company he started out of his Seattle garage in 1995. Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos stepped down as chief executive Monday, handing over the reins as the company navigates the challenges of a world fighting to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Andy Jassy, who …

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO. He’ll still have huge power at the company
3 years, 6 months ago

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO. He’ll still have huge power at the company

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Monday will hand over his chief executive title to Andy Jassy, ending a more than two-decade run leading the company through its evolution from online bookseller to $1.75 trillion global retail, logistics and internet behemoth. The company announced in February that Bezos would transition from CEO to executive chair, saying …

What’s next for Amazon's Bezos? Look at his Instagram
3 years, 6 months ago

What’s next for Amazon's Bezos? Look at his Instagram

The Hindu  

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said it was time to bust out the tequila. Mr. Bezos leaves Amazon’s former cloud computing chief Andy Jassy to run a company that is bigger and more valuable than ever. Mr. Bezos, a hedge fund executive turned garage entrepreneur, long defined Amazon’s culture, through business adages like “customer obsession” and “have backbone; disagree and commit,” …

Jeff Bezos names Andrew Steer as head of Bezos Earth Fund
3 years, 9 months ago

Jeff Bezos names Andrew Steer as head of Bezos Earth Fund

The Hindu  

Amazon.com Inc's Jeff Bezos on Tuesday named Andrew Steer, who leads environmental think tank World Resources Institute, as the president and chief executive officer of his $10 billion Earth Fund. The billionaire started the Bezos Earth Fund last year and committed $10 billion to fund scientists, activists, nonprofit organizations and other groups fighting to protect the environment and counter the …

Bezos plans to spend $10 billion by 2030 on climate change
3 years, 9 months ago

Bezos plans to spend $10 billion by 2030 on climate change

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans to spend the $10 billion he invested in the Bezos Earth Fund by 2030, the fund’s new CEO said Tuesday. “The Earth Fund will invest in scientists, NGOs, activists, and the private sector to help drive new technologies, investments, policy change and behavior,” Steer tweeted. “We will emphasize social justice, as climate …

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos may step down without stepping away
3 years, 11 months ago

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos may step down without stepping away

Associated Press  

Even after stepping aside as CEO, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will likely keep identifying new frontiers for the world’s dominant e-commerce company. Long-time Amazon executive Andy Jassy will be the new CEO, but Bezos will be the company’s executive chairman — corporatespeak for board leaders who, unlike most, stay involved in key operational decisions. “That will be some of the …

Jeff Bezos And Following Passions: Blue Origins, Day 1 Fund And Earth Fund Set To Get More Love
3 years, 11 months ago

Jeff Bezos And Following Passions: Blue Origins, Day 1 Fund And Earth Fund Set To Get More Love

News 18  

None of us really expected this announcement. The world’s richest man, with a net worth around $188 billion, now wants to focus on Day 1 Fund, the Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin and The Washington Post, among other initiatives and passions. As Exec Chair I will stay engaged in important Amazon initiatives but also have the time and energy I …

What’s next for Jeff Bezos: Amazon’s $188bn founder seeks to conquer space and save the planet
3 years, 11 months ago

What’s next for Jeff Bezos: Amazon’s $188bn founder seeks to conquer space and save the planet

The Telegraph  

Former Amazon executives will tell you that Jeff Bezos likes control. The billionaire’s love of “six pagers” – a lengthy memo read out loud at the beginning of each Amazon meeting – along with his interest in every single nut and bolt keeping the $1.7 trillion company running, made his bombshell decision to quit as chief executive all the more …

Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, will step down as CEO
3 years, 11 months ago

Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, will step down as CEO

LA Times  

Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon as an online bookstore and built it into a shopping and entertainment behemoth, will step down later this year as chief executive, a role he’s had for nearly 30 years, to become executive chairman, the company announced Tuesday. On the same day Amazon announced Bezos would step down, the company reported making a record profit …

Jeff Bezos To Step Down As Amazon's CEO
3 years, 11 months ago

Jeff Bezos To Step Down As Amazon's CEO

NPR  

Jeff Bezos To Step Down As Amazon's CEO Enlarge this image toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 8:28 p.m. ET Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down as the company's chief executive officer this summer, after more than a quarter-century at the helm of the retail, logistics and tech powerhouse. In recent …

Jeff Bezos announces USD 791 million in grants to 16 groups fighting climate change: Report
4 years, 1 month ago

Jeff Bezos announces USD 791 million in grants to 16 groups fighting climate change: Report

Hindustan Times  

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced on Monday in an Instagram post that he will give USD 791 million in grants as part of his Bezos Earth Fund to 16 organizations that are working to protect the environment, CNN reported. Amazon has also purchased 100,000 electric delivery vehicles and invested USD 100 million into reforestation projects and “climate mitigation solutions”, CNN …

Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to address climate crisis through new Bezos Earth Fund
4 years, 10 months ago

Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to address climate crisis through new Bezos Earth Fund

Firstpost  

He said the grant will fund scientists, activists and NGO’s to explore new ways of fighting the impact of climate change. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive and the world’s richest man, said on Monday that he was committing $10 billion to address the climate crisis in a new initiative he called the Bezos Earth Fund. In September, Jeff Bezos unveiled …

Amazon’s Bezos pledges $10bn to fight climate change
4 years, 10 months ago

Amazon’s Bezos pledges $10bn to fight climate change

Al Jazeera  

World’s richest man is on the growing list of billionaires giving substantial money to fight global warming. Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos will commit $10bn to fund scientists, activists, nonprofits and other groups fighting to protect the environment and counter the effects of climate change, he said on Monday. “I want to work alongside others both to amplify known …

Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to fight climate change
4 years, 10 months ago

Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to fight climate change

LA Times  

Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder of Amazon.com, touring the Amazon Spheres, three plant-filled geodesic domes that serve as a work and gathering place for Amazon employees, in January 2018, in Seattle. Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos announced he’s created the Bezos Earth Fund, his biggest-ever philanthropic investment, to help counter the effects of climate change. “We can save Earth.” …

Jeff Bezos talks space, Blue Origin, and climate change at Amazon India event in New Delhi
4 years, 11 months ago

Jeff Bezos talks space, Blue Origin, and climate change at Amazon India event in New Delhi

Firstpost  

He believes that climate change can be dealt with by people, all over the world, coming together taking ‘collective action.’ Jeff Bezos wants his aerospace company Blue Origin to drastically reduce the cost of going to space and make space travel more accessible. To do anything interesting in space, the price tag starts in the hundreds of millions of dollars …

Amazon’s position as cloud leader and Bezos’ title as richest man could be threatened by Microsoft’s JEDI contract
5 years, 2 months ago

Amazon’s position as cloud leader and Bezos’ title as richest man could be threatened by Microsoft’s JEDI contract

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Amazon is considering its options for how to move forward following the decision to award a massive government contract to its competitor, Microsoft, according to a source familiar with the situation. It also threatens to undermine Amazon ’s position as the clear leader in the cloud industry and CEO Jeff Bezos’ title as richest man …

‘Middle of the herd’ no more: Amazon tackles climate change
5 years, 3 months ago

‘Middle of the herd’ no more: Amazon tackles climate change

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Online shopping giant Amazon revealed a carbon footprint Thursday that rivals that of a small country and vowed to reduce the damage to the planet by cutting its use of fossil fuels. A climate change advocacy group founded by Amazon workers said the company’s announcement amounted to a “huge win” and proved that employee pressure works. In a …

Amazon makes climate pledge, including buying 100,000 electric vans
5 years, 3 months ago

Amazon makes climate pledge, including buying 100,000 electric vans

CNN  

CNN — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced a broad plan on Thursday to fight climate change, including meeting the Paris climate agreement 10 years early, which will make the company carbon neutral by 2040. As part of this pledge to fight climate change, Bezos announced Amazon will purchase 100,000 electric vans. Bezos laid out the pledge alongside Christiana Figueres, the …

Jeff Bezos expanded Amazon’s climate change pledge. His workers want more
5 years, 3 months ago

Jeff Bezos expanded Amazon’s climate change pledge. His workers want more

LA Times  

Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon, faces pressure from his employees to do more to fight climate change. Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter employees, among others, joined the Amazon workers in the climate protest Friday, and another of the Amazon group’s organizers, Emily Cunningham, tweeted Thursday that it would be the “first ever cross-tech walkout.” At Amazon, the employee …

Jeff Bezos cashed in another $990 mn Amazon shares
5 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos cashed in another $990 mn Amazon shares

The Quint  

San Francisco, Aug 6 After cashing in $1.8 billion worth of the Amazon shares over the last three days of July, Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has now sold Amazon shares worth $990 million in the first two days of August, the media reported. From the 530,000 Amazon shares that Bezos sold early this month, he will net an …

Jeff Bezos explains why his company Blue Origin spends billions on space research
5 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos explains why his company Blue Origin spends billions on space research

India Today  

Amazon is betting big on space research. "It's time to go back to the moon, this time to stay," Bezos had said at the Walter E Washington Convention Center in Washington DC while unveiling a replica of Blue Moon - an unmanned lunar-lander that would ferry both astronauts and payloads to the lunar surface. And now nearly two months after …

16 Times Jeff Bezoz’s Net Worth: What India Needs to Spend to Combat Climate Change
5 years, 6 months ago

16 Times Jeff Bezoz’s Net Worth: What India Needs to Spend to Combat Climate Change

News 18  

New Delhi: With an estimated cost of $2.5 trillion till 2030, the Economic Survey said India would “endeavour to do the best possible” in the global battle against climate change, but called for “substantial scaling up of financial resources” by developed countries and providing “credible” numbers as to “exact size” of climate finance towards developing countries. As per India’s NDC, …

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos tops list of world's biggest donors after donating $2 billion in 2018
5 years, 10 months ago

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos tops list of world's biggest donors after donating $2 billion in 2018

India Today  

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is often criticized for not giving away a part of his wealth for philanthropic causes. Jeff Bezos and his soon-to-be ex-wife MacKenzie Bezos donated a total of $2 billion towards helping struggling families via their Bezos Day One Fund, a list of world's top donors compiled by The Chronicle of Philanthropy said. In a short span …

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