Jeff Bezos told his employees that time will come that Amazon will fail, but it can be avoided. (Photo : Reuters) Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, had to address and answer a question that is related to employees days before the online retail store announced the big winners of its HQ2 sweepstakes.
Jeff Bezos of Amazon is the world's number one billionaire. Here are 9 other billionaires from all around the world who expanded their net worth this decade.
Alexa will run every aspect of your life now. Online shopping giant Amazon can't seem to stop growing, based on Friday's $13. 7 billion acquisition of organic supermarket chain Whole Foods.
Most of us think that outer space is an endeavor reserved only for astronauts. Now, your dreams of traveling to space can be made possible by Blue Origin, a space company owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
It appears as though Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has taken aim at Amazon, Jeff Bezos and The Washington Post in a series of tweets that were quite disparaging to say the least. See the tweets and details here.
This week, the United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Paris. At the same time, tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates -- along with a handful of other incredibly wealthy executives like Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, George Soros and Alibaba's Jack Ma -- have announced their own plan to boost the private sector's development of clean energy technologies.
Amazon's reusable rocket is a unique option for space travel. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' space rocket company Blue Origin was able to send a rocket to space and bring it back, landing upright.
An ex-Amazon employee tells her story of working for the largest company in the U.S. Julia Cheiffetz read the long article in The New York Times about Amazon being a brutal place to work and its failure to give any compassion to those who struggle with illnesses or have just given birth.
A New York Times article describes Amazon workers as overworked and forced to compete against each other. Jeff Bezos, the company's CEO, claims otherwise.
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Amazon has declared July 15 "Prime Day," an event with which the online retail giant hopes to create a new kind of Black Friday.
Even though his social network remains banned in China, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg met with the the Communist country's Internet regulator last week. Lu Wei, the minister of China's Cyberspace Administration, visited Facebook's offices during a recent trip to the United States.
Amazon's first smartphone, the Fire Phone, was released about a month ago, after a long run-up of rumors, leaks, and elapsed possible release dates. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos described the new device as putting "everything you love about Amazon in the palm of your hand," and he was telling the truth -- or at least half of it. In reality, the Fire Phone puts everything you love and hate about Amazon right up front.
Amazon continues to grow larger and faster, but how big will the company get? The online retailer's growth has been at an exceptional pace within the last 20 years, making some people excited but others nervous.
On Wednesday, at a much-anticipated event in Seattle, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the "Fire Phone," surprising no one, after a series of leaks and teasers all but gave away the existence of the online retail giant's new device. Here are the details.
It looks like Amazon is finally ready to release its long-rumored smartphone. The company announced a "launch event" for June 18 in Seattle, and by the looks of its promo video, it's going to be a smartphone with some kind of 3D screen. Here are all the other details and rumors that are likely to be confirmed in two weeks.
On Thursday, Amazon released a relatively strong quarterly earnings report, with revenues and sales that were better than expected. But soon after, shares in the largest ecommerce company in the world dropped precipitously, down nearly 10 percent at the end of trading on Friday. What gives?
Jeff Bezos, the mad genius CEO behind behemoth Amazon is up to his old tricks again. Jeff Bezos, the mad genius CEO behind behemoth Amazon, is up to his old tricks again.
Amazon Prime is a popular service, but that may soon change. Amazon Prime is a popular service, but that may soon change. Currently priced at $79. 99, the service offers access to thousands of Amazon Instant Video feature films and TV programs.
