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Sunday, September 21, 2025
TopicJeff Bezos

Topic: Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO this year, Andy Jassy to replace him

Jassy’s likelihood as successor seemed inevitable last year when Jeff Wilke, who was the consumer business chief & was also seen as a CEO candidate, announced he’d be leaving.

Elon Musk & Jeff Bezos are fighting over celestial real estate for satellite fleets

Musk asks US regulators for nod to operate its Starlink satellites at a lower orbit than first planned. This could risk collision with Amazon's Kuiper satellites, says Bezos.

Tesla’s Elon Musk is now world’s richest person, surpasses Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

The South Africa-born engineer’s net worth was $188.5 billion in New York, $1.5 billion more than Bezos, who has held the top spot since October 2017.

Elon Musk is close to surpassing Jeff Bezos as world’s richest person

Over the past year, Elon Musk's net worth soared by more than $150 billion in possibly the fastest bout of wealth creation in history. His net worth was $181.1 billion on Wednesday.

Shipping groups call on Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to save thousands of stranded seafarers

Industry bodies said global trade would simply cease to exist without seafarers and urged Bezos to exert pressure on incoming Biden administration to recognise them as key workers.

Jeff Bezos gives $684 million of Amazon stock to non-profits

Jeff Bezos has been on an Amazon selling spree. Earlier this month, he sold $3 billion of Amazon stock, the latest in a series of transactions that now exceed $10 billion this year.

Amazon’s Bezos, Facebook’s Zuckerberg gain billions amid tight Biden-Trump election race

Across the board, 167 US billionaires gained $57.4 billion Wednesday as investors bid up stocks, capping four years of robust gains for the America’s wealthiest people.

Why the Mukesh Ambani vs Jeff Bezos fight could be more of a waiting game

By seeking to stall Ambani’s purchase of Future, Bezos may be signalling he’d rather remain a rival. Or, he’s buying time to sweeten offer currently on table.

Mukesh Ambani and Jeff Bezos could become allies if this $20 billion deal goes through

Amazon has held talks about investing in Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail Ventures, which is offering to sell a roughly $20 billion stake.

World’s richest people smashed wealth records this week

While Amazon's Jeff Bezos' net worth topped a whopping $200 billion, Elon Musk's fortune soared past $100 billion fueled by Tesla Inc.’s ceaseless rally.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.