Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says sucking up to your boss won’t earn their trust Want to earn the trust of your boss and peers? Sucking up to them won’t do the trick, says Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Fortune · Feb 24
Sam Altman fires back at Elon Musk's proposal for space-based data centers, says orbiting data centers 'ridiculous' for now — cites high failure rates and cost as primary limiters Contrary to what Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos say, orbital data centers will not make sense any time soon, believes Sam Altman. Tom’s Hardware · Feb 22
The Luxury Yachts Owned by the World’s Billionaires For the world's wealthiest individuals, these vessels serve as private retreats, vacation homes and transportation all rolled into one. GOBankingRates · Feb 21
Billionaire bosses like Jeff Bezos and Reid Hoffman denounce work-life balance—and some think working nonstop is key to success Jeff Bezos, founder of retail giant Amazon, which just topped the Fortune 500, is dismissive of the word “balance”—and he’s not alone. Fortune · Feb 20
Amazon's humble history: Jeff Bezos used a rented garage as an office and held team meetings at a local Barnes & Noble Amazon's trajectory from a rented garage to a $2.4 trillion enterprise is now business legend. Fortune · Feb 19
Jeff Bezos reveals his formula for perfect meetings to weed out those 'who pretend to have done the reading' The tech billionaire thinks preparing a crystal-clear six-page document on what’s about to be discussed is the winning formula for a productive meeting overflowing with ideas. Fortune · Feb 19
'I had to take 60 meetings': Jeff Bezos says 'the hardest thing I've ever done' was raising the first million dollars of seed capital for Amazon “The whole enterprise could’ve been extinguished then,” Bezos recalled. Fortune · Feb 19
Warren Buffett becomes the latest billionaire media investor: His company just invested $352 million in the New York Times Just five years after Berkshire Hathaway sold all 31 of its papers and Warren Buffett deemed the industry “toast,” the investor has rejoined a legion of billionaires with their money in media. Fortune · Feb 19
MacKenzie Scott donates $26 billion in seven years, surpassing Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in lifetime giving MacKenzie Scott donated $26 billion over the past seven years, including a record $7.2 billion in 2025, a pace of giving that makes her the third-largest philanthropist of all time by total lifetime donations, according to Forbes. The Times of India · Feb 15
Learn this from Bezos and the Washington Post: with hyper-capitalists in charge, your news is not safe His shameful stewardship of a once great title highlights how much we lose when private interest eclipses the public good, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson The Guardian - UK · Feb 14
Think You’re Too Old for Wealth? 4 Lessons To Learn From Jeff Bezos Getting Rich in His Mid-30s Learn four wealth lessons from Jeff Bezos’ early success and why getting rich in your mid‑30s proves age may not be the real barrier. GOBankingRates · Feb 13
What If There Was a Maximum Net Worth? The idea gets tossed around: What if the wealthy had to give their money away after a certain net worth? Find out the potential positive and negative impacts. GOBankingRates · Feb 13
The tech billionaires aren’t just grabbing trophy Florida mansions—they have competing half-billion-dollar megayachts jostling for dock space $500,000 annual docking fees and private marinas are all part of the package for Florida’s wealthy seagoers. Fortune · Feb 12
Why is the Washington Post cratering so spectacularly? To understand the change in Washington Post’s fortunes, it is worth comparing its demise to the New York Times’s trajectory The Guardian - US · Feb 12
The Guardian - US · Feb 12 Inside Will Lewis’s tumultuous two years as publisher of the Washington Post Before the Post’s sweeping layoffs and Lewis’s abrupt resignation, his tenure was marked by controversy and clashes with staff
The Times of India · Feb 12 Elon Musk tops ‘America’s Greatest Innovators’ list: Check where Sam Altman and Jensen Huang rank The groundbreaking, innovative ideas from AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise platforms help in driving the growth of the economy. With no surprise, Forbes250 has named Elon Musk at number one as America’s Greatest Innovators. As reported, Musk is the only person to have founded five companies with multi-billion-dollar valuations in different…
Fortune · Feb 12 Mark Zuckerberg is joining Jeff Bezos in Miami’s billionaire bunker: Take a look inside his portfolio The Meta CEO has spent years accumulating luxury properties, including a secretive ranch with an underground shelter and a Lake Tahoe mountain retreat.
The Guardian - US · Feb 11 Washington Post editor acknowledges ‘genuine trauma’ over mass layoffs Matt Murray defends paper’s strategy as ‘demoralized’ staffers ask tough questions in contentious town hall
The Conversation · Feb 11 Democracy dies in broad daylight: the Trump administration’s frontal assault on the free press When the billionaire owner of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, bought the Washington Post from the Graham family in 2013, he promised a “golden era to come”. In February 2017, one month into Donald Trump’s first term as US president, the paper adopted the motto: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”, reflecting the perceived…
GOBankingRates · Feb 11 4 Habits of Jeff Bezos That Can Help You With Your Money Even Jeff Bezos had to start somewhere. The tech titan began Amazon in a Washington state garage and built it into one of the biggest companies on the planet.
The Independent UK · Feb 11 Award-winning editor Tina Brown lays into Bezos and ‘junket schmoozer’ ex-publisher Will Lewis over gutting of WaPo newsroom The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff last week, with Lewis stepping down just days later
The Guardian - US · Feb 10 Is it possible to develop AI without the US? Tech giants Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta to collectively invest $600bn on artificial intelligence this year
The Conversation · Feb 10 As Jeff Bezos dismantles The Washington Post, 5 regional papers chart a course for survival The Washington Post’s evisceration at the hands of its billionaire owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, didn’t have to happen.
Fortune · Feb 9 Lyft CEO David Risher is still a driver for the company: It made him realize being even one minute late could cost the customer their job Being a driver has carried Risher through his entire career: His first job was delivering the Washington Post. He worked under Jeff Bezos at Amazon before his time at Lyft.
The Times of India · Feb 8 ‘This falls squarely on Jeff Bezos’ shoulders’: Internet reacts to GoFundMe for laid-off Washington Post journalists The Washington Post Guild created a GoFundMe for more than 300 journalists who were laid off at the mainstay newspaper on Wednesday morning, and said they were overwhelmed by the influx of donations from near and far.