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Wednesday, November 5, 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.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.