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Amazon makes so much money that CEO Jeff Bezos has managed to dump billions into his space program, Blue Origin. And according to Geek.com, the spaceflight company may be able to make moon launches a regular thing by 2023. Meanwhile, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims his company SpaceX will get there sooner. NASAis also reportedly planning to return to the moon in that timeframe. What sets Blue Origin apart is that it wants to have the capability of getting products to the moon in large quantities.
The multibillionaire, whose company announced it would buy Whole Foods on Friday, wrote: This tweet is a request for ideas. I'm thinking about a philanthropy strategy that is the opposite of how I mostly spend my time ? working on the long term. Jeff After Amazon announced on Friday it would buy Whole Foods, Bezos's net worth jumped $2.5 billion, according to Forbes, making him the world's second-richest person with a net worth of more than $84 billion.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (R) and his wife MacKenzie arrive at the annual Allen and Co. conference at the Sun Valley, Idaho Resort July 12, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) (Reuters) - MacKenzie Bezos, the former wife of Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, pledged on Tuesday to give away half her fortune to charity, following a movement founded by billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates. Bezos, whose former husband is the world?s richest man, was one of 19 people on Tuesday to sign the ?Giving Pledge,? a campaign announced in 2010 by Berkshire Hathaway Inc?s Buffett and Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates.
On Tuesday, Amazon broke ground on its $1.5 billion airport development near Cincinnati. CEO Jeff Bezos made a surprise appearance at the opening. Bezos hopped on aboard a front loader to lift the first pile of dirt. Amazon is taking further control of its shipping process while seeking to cut costs and speed up delivery times.
New York (CNN Business)Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos announced Thursday that they have agreed to divorce terms, with MacKenzie Bezos set to hold on to a chunk of Amazon stock. In a tweet Thursday, MacKenzie Bezos said she would keep 25% of the couple's Amazon stock, which should give her a 4% stake in the company. Jeff Bezos will retain voting control over all her shares and will also maintain all his interests in the Washington Post and Blue Origin, a private space company.
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie just made a big announcement. The Bezos power-couple have finalized the terms of their divorce after 25 years of marriage. The initial announcement of the couple's decision to file for divorce in January drew lots of criticism. Business Insider reports many wondered about MacKenzie Bezos' role in the origins of Amazon. The reality is that MacKenzie Bezos was one of Amazon's first employees. Jeff Bezos drafted business plans as she drove him across the country to start up in Seattle. MacKenzie may draw ire from the uninformed but without her, Amazon would not exist today.