Companies Jeff Bezos surpasses Elon Musk to top Bloomberg’s billionaire indexMusk lost his top ranking after shares in Tesla tumbled 7.2 per cent on Monday
Companies Bezos wraps up 50 million Amazon stock sale netting $8.5 billionJeff Bezos has been selling stock in the company he founded over the last two weeks
Markets Jeff Bezos unloads further $2.1bn of Amazon sharesBillionaire Amazon co-founder has sold more than $4 billion Amazon stock since last Wednesday
Media New York Times beats estimates as subscriber numbers top 10 millionSales rose 9.3 per cent from the year prior to $598.3 million, exceeding expectations of $589.8 million
Tech Amazon’s strong results signal boost for cloud businessCloud unit sales increased 12% to $23.1 billion, a growth rate that was ‘just enough to keep the goblins away’
Tech Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Buys $68 Million Home on Florida’s Exclusive Indian Creek Island Bezos is adding a waterfront mansion in Florida to his rapidly expanding real estate empire
Climate & Environment Amazon’s carbon emissions decreased for first time ever in 2022Firm’s emissions dipped by a modest 0.4 per cent to 71.27 million metric tons over the year
A sting in the retail: How workers at Amazon are hitting back against their conditionsWhen Amazon employees at a warehouse in Staten Island managed to form a union in the face of ferocious opposition from the company, it was a development nobody saw coming. But it could prove to be a watershed moment in industrial relations in America – and wipe the smile off the logo of the world’s largest online retailer
Vincent Boland: Tycoon space race is boldly going where many have gone beforeSo far, the space missions of Bezos, Branson and Musk lack the poetics, significance or purpose of Aldrin and Armstrong’s, but it’s early days yet
Analysis: Jeff Bezos’s trip to space manages to be both historic and somewhat dullThe Amazon founder went up and came down again, doing the bare minimum to qualify him as an astronaut, but as space becomes a playground for billionaires, there are some concerns about the harm they could do
To infinite riches. . . and beyond: Marion McKeone on the billionaire space raceTwo of the world’s wealthiest men are battling for commercial domination of space with a grizzly old-timer determined to thwart them both. But apart from the ego boost, what’s in it for them – and us?
Should we be led by the Billionaires’ Club on climate change? The rise of the cult of the charismatic billionaire whose genius and benevolence will magically solve the planet’s problems is the ultimate fiction
Amazon’s Irish workers urged to ‘blow the whistle’ if they face poor conditionsHotline is launched for employees who may have issues with their treatment as company prepares to open its first Irish fulfilment centre
Tech View: What’s next for Amazon as Bezos steps down?Being a successful businessman is one thing but being a successful boss and steering a ship the size of Amazon is another matter – something Jeff Bezos’s replacement is soon to find out
Vincent Boland: Bezos sets his sights on the stars but will keep a watchful eye on JassyThe Amazon founder is stepping down as ceo to devote more time to the Washington Post and his ambitions of space flight, yet he will still monitor his successor closely
Emmet Ryan: Why Amazon’s change at the top could have big implications for IrelandAndy Jassy taking over from Jeff Bezos as chief executive could make this country more important in the tech giant’s global strategy