After divorcing Jeff Bezos in 2019, MacKenzie Scott has been showing everyone that you can and should donate to important causes, especially when you have money out of the wazoo. This time, her latest donation is going viral on X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter. Recently, Scott donated a $2 million grant […]
Jeff Bezos owns three private jets worth $140 million in total, per JetSpy data. That includes a Pilatus PC-24, which the Swiss company calls “the world’s only super versatile jet.” It can seat up to 10 people and uniquely has a toilet in the galley to save space. Just like Elon Musk and Bill Gates, Jeff […]
Blue Origin, the company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has launched an investigation following an incident during its first crewed flight in two years, in which one of the parachutes on the New Shepard capsule failed to fully inflate. The company’s New Shepard rocket launched on May 19 carrying a six-person crew to suborbital […]
According to Amazon‘s (NASDAQ: AMZN) most recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, Jeff Bezos beneficially owns approximately 1.12 billion shares of the company’s stock, giving him a 10.8% stake in the business. As you might expect, this makes Bezos Amazon’s largest shareholder, and by a wide margin. As of this writing, Bezos’ shares […]
Jeff Bezos Quietly Enters Residential Mortgage Business, Giving High Interest Rate Loans To Other Investors Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Jeff Bezos may be best known as the founder of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), but the billionaire has several lesser-known business interests across multiple […]
Jeff Bezos‘ Blue Origin plans to launch a crewed rocket for the first time in nearly two years. The New Shepard rocket was grounded for months after a failed uncrewed launch in September 2022. The delay has let space tourism competitors like Virgin Galactic catch up. Jeff Bezos’ private space company, Blue Origin, recently announced […]
Jeff Bezos’ Most Prized Possession Breaks Historical Auction Records At Almost $53 Million Jeff Bezos amassed his wealth through Amazon stocks and owns hundreds of millions of dollars worth of real estate, but one of his most valuable possessions may surprise you: art. Among his collection is the renowned piece “Hurting the Word Radio #2 […]
Jeff Zucker says he would have changed the ownership share within RedBird IMI to close the sale – Clara Molden/Clara Molden The leader of the blocked takeover bid for The Telegraph has admitted he should not have given Abu Dhabi such a big role in the deal. Jeff Zucker, who heads RedBird IMI, said in […]
Federal prosecutors have charged former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry in Washington for allegedly lying to investigators in connection with a campaign finance probe of a foreign billionaire’s political contributions. Fortenberry (R-Neb.) was convicted of the same charges by a jury in Los Angeles in 2022, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction, […]
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Cliché but true, the second-richest man on the planet, according to Forbes, owns the tallest sailing yacht in the world. In fact, the 417-foot Koru is so big, it has its own 250-foot support vessel. Priced at $500 million, the Koru hit the sea for the first time in 2023 […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may have just crossed a formidable new constituent. The former presidential hopeful this week signed legislation banning the sale of lab-grown meat in the state of Florida, saying the Sunshine State wants to stop the World Economic Forum’s goal of “forcing the world to eat lab-grown meat and insects.” The WEF […]
Pierre Omidyar, Chairman and Founder of eBay.Ramin Talaie/Getty Forbes has determined who the wealthiest resident in every US state is. Despite all the big stars that flock to Hawaii, the elusive founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar takes the state’s crown. Omidyar has given away $1.5 billion of his fortune since 2014. America’s elite have long […]