Egos clash as Bezos, Musk compete in the modern space race
3 years, 7 months ago

Egos clash as Bezos, Musk compete in the modern space race

Live Mint  

Even the Milky Way seems too small to keep the egos of tech billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk from colliding as they vie to conquer space. Musk aimed low with a recent tweet saying "can't get it up " in response to a post about Bezos-founded space company Blue Origin protesting NASA's choice of Musk's SpaceX team to build a module that will land the next US astronauts on the moon. This combination of file photos shows SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. Musk even formed an alliance with Microsoft, which is Amazon's biggest rival in the cloud computing market, to use its Azure platform to provide satellite-powered internet service, the companies announced late last year. "Bezos and Musk know that the winner of the space battle will be crowned within the next one or two years," Ives said.

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Elon Musk was 3 weeks away from bankruptcy after coup at PayPal, then he turned things around
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Elon Musk was 3 weeks away from bankruptcy after coup at PayPal, then he turned things around

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump's 2024 presidential election victory also translated into a new win for his billionaire supporter Elon Musk. As per The New York Post, Isaacson’s book details that Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel, co-founder Max Levchin, board member Reid Hoffman, and COO and product leader David Dacks were behind the “coup.” PayPal board members masterminded Elon Musk's ouster The ouster …

Jeff Bezos denies Musk's claim on Tesla stock advice: '100% not true'
1 month ago

Jeff Bezos denies Musk's claim on Tesla stock advice: '100% not true'

India Today  

The rivalry between Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has once again come into the spotlight. Musk recently claimed on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that Bezos had advised people to sell their Tesla and SpaceX shares, predicting Donald Trump's electoral defeat. In a post on X, Musk wrote, "Just learned tonight at Mar-a-Lago …

Jeff Bezos topples Elon Musk to reclaim title of world’s richest man
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Jeff Bezos topples Elon Musk to reclaim title of world’s richest man

Al Jazeera  

Bezos has gained $23bn in 2024, while Musk has lost $31bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Jeff Bezos has dethroned Elon Musk to reclaim his title as the world’s richest man. The Amazon founder’s net worth currently stands at $200bn, topping the Tesla chief’s $198bn, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index showed on Tuesday. The billionaires’ wealth gains and losses closely …

Jeff Bezos discloses plan to sell 50 million Amazon shares as stock surges
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Jeff Bezos discloses plan to sell 50 million Amazon shares as stock surges

Hindustan Times  

Jeff Bezos plans to sell as many as 50 million shares of Amazon.com Inc. over the next 12 months, potentially cashing in on a stock surge that’s put him within reach of becoming the world’s richest person. Founder, Chairman, CEO and President of Amazon Jeff Bezos The disclosure comes after Amazon reported its best online sales growth since early in …

Elon Musk extends lead as world’s richest man with $300bn fortune as Tesla shares surge on record deliveries
2 years, 11 months ago

Elon Musk extends lead as world’s richest man with $300bn fortune as Tesla shares surge on record deliveries

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk’s estimated net worth …

Elon Musk says Jeff Bezos should spend 'less time in the hot tub'
3 years ago

Elon Musk says Jeff Bezos should spend 'less time in the hot tub'

Daily Mail  

Elon Musk has once again ratcheted up his war of words with billionaire space race foe Jeff Bezos, saying the Amazon founder doesn't work as hard as him and should spend 'less time in the hot tub'. The Tesla CEO, who was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2021, did offer faint praise of his rival when he said …

Time magazine's 2021 "Person of the Year" is Elon Musk
3 years ago

Time magazine's 2021 "Person of the Year" is Elon Musk

The Hindu  

Calling him a “clown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman," Time magazine has named Tesla CEO Elon Musk as its Person of the Year for 2021. Mr. Musk, who is also the founder and CEO space exploration company SpaceX, recently passed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the world’s wealthiest person as the rising price of Tesla pushed his net worth to …

Believe it or not! SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk is now wealthier than Pakistan. Here are few interesting facts
3 years, 1 month ago

Believe it or not! SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk is now wealthier than Pakistan. Here are few interesting facts

India TV News  

SpaceX's CEO, and the richest man on Earth, Elon Musk is now richer than Pakistan, a country whose population is over 220 million. Here are a few interesting facts about the business magnate who contributes 1.44% of the GDP of the United States: Musk also founded online financial services company PayPal, which was later bought by eBay for $1.5 billion. …

Elon Musk responds after Jeff Bezos shares old article predicting Amazon's failure. Viral story
3 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk responds after Jeff Bezos shares old article predicting Amazon's failure. Viral story

India Today  

There are not many who don’t know the name of Jeff Bezos. The story predicted that Amazon's stock price would plummet drastically and it also said that ‘the idea that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has pioneered a new business paradigm is silly.’ However, the story didn’t complete its circle of truth as Amazon is currently one of the largest companies …

NASA halts SpaceX work on lunar lander after Blue Origin suit
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA halts SpaceX work on lunar lander after Blue Origin suit

The Hindu  

NASA agreed on Thursday to temporarily halt work on a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract awarded to Elon Musk's SpaceX after rival billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin sued the U.S government, an agency spokeswoman said. Blue Origin has said its lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims last week, was "an attempt to remedy the flaws in …

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 …

Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson went to space. What’s next?
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson went to space. What’s next?

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson each took a spin in their supersonic, suborbital rockets over the past two weeks, kicking off a new era of space travel in which billionaire-backed companies offer the high-flying excursions to anyone who can afford it. Bezos’ Blue Origin, which developed a 60-foot-tall vertically launched rocket, and Branson’s Virgin Galactic, …

Jeff Bezos space flight: Amazon founder and Blue Origin safely shoots himself off Earth on his own rocket
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos space flight: Amazon founder and Blue Origin safely shoots himself off Earth on his own rocket

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. Read our privacy policy Jeff Bezos has successfully shot himself into space onboard a rocket made by …

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is ready to ride his own rocket to space
3 years, 5 months ago

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is ready to ride his own rocket to space

Live Mint  

The wealthiest man on the planet Jeff Bezos will ride his own rocket to outer space on Tuesday, a key moment for a fledgling industry seeking to make the final frontier accessible to elite tourists. Bezos, 57, founded Blue Origin in 2000 with the goal of one day building floating space colonies with artificial gravity where millions of people will …

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 …

EXPLAINER: How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. A brief look at what awaits Bezos and his passengers: BEZOS ON BOARD Bezos created Blue Origin in 2000, a move that he said prompted his high school girlfriend to observe, “Jeff started Amazon just to get enough …

Explainer | How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space
3 years, 5 months ago

Explainer | How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space

Live Mint  

When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. A brief look at what awaits Bezos and his passengers: Bezos on board Bezos created Blue Origin in 2000, a move that he said prompted his high school girlfriend to observe, “Jeff started Amazon just to get enough money to do Blue …

Earth’s richest man Jeff Bezos to blast off into space
3 years, 5 months ago

Earth’s richest man Jeff Bezos to blast off into space

Live Mint  

Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, is set to join the astronaut club Tuesday on the first crewed launch by Blue Origin, another key moment in a big month for the fledgling space tourism industry. Blue Origin's sights are, however, set higher: both literally in terms of the altitude to which its reusable New Shepard craft will ascend …

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Flaunts 'Largest Space Window' in Face-off with Galactic
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Flaunts 'Largest Space Window' in Face-off with Galactic

News 18  

Space was once a place where only highly-trained astronauts visited to carry out complex space operations and explorations. Companies like Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic are offering a trip to space for “commoners.” However, these “commoners” are, in fact, the ultra-rich. Recently, Blue Origin’s official Twitter handle posted a comparison between their trip to space with what Virgin Galactic is …

Battle of the Space Barons: Where the billionaire space race stands
3 years, 5 months ago

Battle of the Space Barons: Where the billionaire space race stands

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard Branson have a combined net worth of $400 billion, roughly the size of the GDP of the entire nation of Ireland. Branson’s Virgin Galactic was founded with virtually the same business plan as Blue Origin’s with New Shepard: take paying customers on supersonic flights to the edge of space. …

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin gets OK to send him, 3 others to space
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin gets OK to send him, 3 others to space

India TV News  

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has gotten government approval to launch people into space, himself included. It will be the first launch with passengers for Blue Origin, which like Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic plans to start flying paying customers in the months ahead. On Sunday, Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder Richard Branson rode his own rocket plane to space, accompanied by five …

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin gets nod to send him and three others to space
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin gets nod to send him and three others to space

Firstpost  

It will be the first launch with passengers for Blue Origin, which, like Virgin Galactic, plans to start flying paying customers in the months ahead Cape Canaveral: Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has gotten government approval to launch people into space, himself included. It will be the first launch with passengers for Blue Origin, which, like Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, plans …

US approves Blue Origin license for human space travel ahead of Bezos flight
3 years, 5 months ago

US approves Blue Origin license for human space travel ahead of Bezos flight

India Today  

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans on the New Shepard launch system into space. Former Amazon.com Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is set to fly to the edge of space on Blue Origin's maiden crewed voyage on July 20. Blue Origin's flight will come a little over a week after space-tourism …

'Can't wait to join the club': After Branson, Bezos set to blast into space aboard Blue Origin flight on July 20
3 years, 5 months ago

'Can't wait to join the club': After Branson, Bezos set to blast into space aboard Blue Origin flight on July 20

India Today  

"Richard Branson and crew, congratulations on the flight. Can’t wait to join the club," former Amazon chief Jeff Bezos said minutes after Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 flight returned from the edge of space, ushering a new era of space tourism. Bezos, 57, will blast into space when Blue Origin makes its first flight with a crew, bringing along his younger …

As 'billionaire space race' begins, here's what Jeff Bezos told Richard Branson
3 years, 5 months ago

As 'billionaire space race' begins, here's what Jeff Bezos told Richard Branson

Hindustan Times  

Richard Branson, the British billionaire, is all set to fly into space today on his own company Virgin Galactic's first fully crewed test flight aboard a passenger rocket plane, the VSS Unity. In doing so, Branson will be one step ahead of his rivals Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in what has been dubbed the "billionaire space race". This combination …

Bezos, Branson and Musk: Who is winning the space tourism race?
3 years, 5 months ago

Bezos, Branson and Musk: Who is winning the space tourism race?

The Hindu  

Three billionaire entrepreneurs - Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson - are each vying to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel. Reuters reported in 2018 that Bezos' Blue Origin was planning to charge passengers at least $200,000 for the ride,based on an appraisal of Branson's rival plans and other considerations, though its thinking may have …

Bezos, Branson and Musk: Who is winning the space tourism race?
3 years, 5 months ago

Bezos, Branson and Musk: Who is winning the space tourism race?

India Today  

Three billionaire entrepreneurs - Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson - are each vying to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel. DESIGN Virgin Galactic's reusable SpaceShipTwo system will see its VSS Unity spaceplane lifted to altitude by a large carrier aircraft called VMS Eve before separating. Virgin Galactic's reusable SpaceShipTwo system will see its VSS …

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO. He’ll still have huge power at the company
3 years, 5 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 …

82-year-old female astronaut trainee to travel to space with Jeff Bezos
3 years, 5 months ago

82-year-old female astronaut trainee to travel to space with Jeff Bezos

India Today  

Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos will be joined by Wally Funk, one of the 13 women who passed NASA's astronaut training program in the 1960s, on the first crewed flight into space from his rocket company Blue Origin later this month. READ: Jeff Bezos' 2021 Space Odyssey a risk too far for insurers Funk, then a 21-year-old pilot, was the …

Jeff Bezos is going to space next month, thousands of people don't want him to come back to Earth
3 years, 6 months ago

Jeff Bezos is going to space next month, thousands of people don't want him to come back to Earth

India Today  

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and currently the world's richest man, is going to space next month with his space start up Blue Origin. Bezos has announced that he will personally fly aboard the Blue Origin's flagship spacecraft, the New Shepard, alongside his brother and a third person next month. Another petition titled 'Do not allow Jeff Bezos to return …

Anonymous bidder pays $28 Million to fly to space with Jeff Bezos on July 20
3 years, 6 months ago

Anonymous bidder pays $28 Million to fly to space with Jeff Bezos on July 20

India Today  

Did you know Jeff Bezos was looking for a co-passenger to fly to space? “Today, Blue Origin concluded the online auction for the very first seat on New Shepard with a winning bid of $28 million. The winning bidder will fly to space on New Shepard’s first human flight on July 20, and will join Blue Origin founder, Jeff Bezos, …

Jeff Bezos to fly to space on July 20
3 years, 6 months ago

Jeff Bezos to fly to space on July 20

The Hindu  

Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos will fly to space with his brother, Mark on Blue Origin’s first human flight on July 20, the aerospace firm said in a statement. The Bezos brothers will join the auction winner of the very first seat on New Shepard, for which the three-phased auction commenced on May 5 with sealed online bidding. The aerospace company …

Jeff Bezos is leaving Earth: He plans a brief visit to space
3 years, 6 months ago

Jeff Bezos is leaving Earth: He plans a brief visit to space

LA Times  

Jeff Bezos plans to travel to space in the first passenger-carrying mission of his private space flight company, Blue Origin. Jeff Bezos will go to space next month when his Blue Origin company launches its first passenger-carrying mission. The greatest adventure, with my best friend.” Business How to score a seat on Blue Origin’s first crewed flight to space Jeff …

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Will Fly First Crew to Space in July
3 years, 7 months ago

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Will Fly First Crew to Space in July

News 18  

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will send its first crew to space on July 20 and is offering one of the seats to the winner of an online auction, the company said Wednesday. “Our next launch will be the first time astronauts will fly aboard New Shepard.” The reusable suborbital rocket system was named after Alan Shepard, who sixty years ago …

Elon Musk trolls Jeff Bezos as space race between world's richest men heats up
3 years, 7 months ago

Elon Musk trolls Jeff Bezos as space race between world's richest men heats up

India Today  

The space race between the world's two richest men went into hyperdrive on Tuesday after Tesla chief Elon Musk took a swipe at Jeff Bezos' attempt to challenge a major Nasa contract. Bezos' Blue Origin on Monday filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office, accusing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of moving the goalposts for contract bidders at …

Musk, Bezos collide after SpaceX wins moon landing contract
3 years, 7 months ago

Musk, Bezos collide after SpaceX wins moon landing contract

The Hindu  

Blue Origin, the space rocket company backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is formally challenging the $2.9 billion moon lander contract awarded by NASA to rival Elon Musk's SpaceX. Blue Origin said on Monday it had filed a protest with the federal Government Accountability Office, accusing NASA of moving the goalposts for contract bidders at the last minute. The company was …

Jeff Bezos is world’s richest person again after Tesla stock’s slip hits Elon Musk
3 years, 10 months ago

Jeff Bezos is world’s richest person again after Tesla stock’s slip hits Elon Musk

LA Times  

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had been the world’s richest person for more than three years when Elon Musk’s wealth surpassed his in January. Elon Musk’s reign as the the world’s richest person was brief. Tesla Inc. shares slid 2.4% on Tuesday, erasing $4.6 billion from its chief executive’s fortune and knocking him from the top spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires …

An unleashed Jeff Bezos will seek to shift space venture Blue Origin into hyperdrive
3 years, 10 months ago

An unleashed Jeff Bezos will seek to shift space venture Blue Origin into hyperdrive

The Hindu  

Freed from his daily obligations at Amazon.com Inc, Jeff Bezos is expected to turn up the heat on his space venture, Blue Origin, as it faces a pivotal year and fierce competition from Elon Musk's SpaceX, industry sources said. A Blue Origin representative declined to comment, but pointed to comments Bezos made last week when he said he was stepping …

Jeff Bezos has been halfway out the door at Amazon for a while
3 years, 10 months ago

Jeff Bezos has been halfway out the door at Amazon for a while

CNN  

New York CNN Business — “Jeff is not leaving.” That is what Amazon chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky told analysts on the company’s earnings call Tuesday – a call that Bezos wasn’t even on, despite theannouncement moments earlier that he would be stepping down as CEO later this year, with Andy Jassy as his successor. “Although not as familiar a …

Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, will step down as CEO
3 years, 10 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 …

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, World's Richest Men, Lock Horns Over Satellite Internet Projects
3 years, 10 months ago

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, World's Richest Men, Lock Horns Over Satellite Internet Projects

News 18  

The world?s two richest men Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are in a deadlock against each other in terms of their satellite Internet ambitions. Elon Musk?s SpaceX had recently asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to operate Starlink satellites at a lower orbit than initially planned. On the other hand, Amazon?s Jeff Bezos says that that the move would …

World's richest Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos fight over low orbital space for satellite fleets
3 years, 10 months ago

World's richest Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos fight over low orbital space for satellite fleets

India Today  

The world’s two richest men Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are fighting over satellite fleets. Space X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has asked the US regulators -- the Federal Communications Commission for permission to operate Starlink communications satellites at a lower orbit than first planned. Amazon has reportedly said that the move would risk interference and collisions with its …

Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos to become world’s richest person
3 years, 11 months ago

Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos to become world’s richest person

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Elon Musk edged past Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to grab the title of world’s richest person, according to Bloomberg. A 6% rise in Tesla shares early Thursday lifted the value of its CEO’s stock holdings and options by $10 billion, taking his net worth to about $191 billion. Another gain in Tesla shares Wednesday lifted …

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