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SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Awards ceremony, in Berlin, on 1 December 2020. Picture: HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/POOL/AFP

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World's 10 richest men doubled wealth during COVID: report

By AFP

Oxfam said the men's wealth jumped from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion, at an average rate of $1.3 billion per day, in a briefing published before a virtual mini...

  • FILE: Jeff Bezos. Picture: AFP

    Jeff Bezos 'heartbroken' over tornado deaths at Amazon warehouse

    "The news from Edwardsville is tragic," Bezos tweeted about the town where the facility was located.

    157 days ago
  • From left, Mark Bezos, Jeff Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk flew into space on Blue Origin's New Shepard flight on 20 July 2021. Picture: @blueorigin/Twitter

    World's richest man Jeff Bezos blasts into space

    The flawless 10-minute hop from a west Texas base to beyond the Karman line - the internationally recognised boundary marking the start of space - and back again to the surface for a gentle desert landing minted four new astronauts, including the oldest and youngest ever.

    301 days ago
  • Sir Richard Branson holds up a photo of comedian Stephen Colbert that he brought with him into space, as he speaks after flying into space aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel, a voyage he described as the "experience of a lifetime". Picture: AFP.

    How can you become a space tourist?

    All you'll need is a bit of patience. And a lot of money.

    301 days ago
  • Richard Branson, chairman and founder of Virgin Group. Picture: AFP

    Billionaire blast off: Richard Branson plans space trip ahead of rival Bezos

    With both tycoons having created space tourism companies and positioned themselves as leaders in the suborbital-flights-for-the-wealthy sector, the move signaled clear if not fierce competition.

    320 days ago
  • Trailblazing woman aviator Wally Funk, 82, will join Jeff Bezos in July on the first crewed spaceflight for the billionaire's company Blue Origin. Picture: Twitter/@ScienceNelson

    Woman aged 82 will go into space with Bezos: Blue Origin

    The trip is 60 years overdue for Wally Funk, who was one of the Mercury 13 - the first women trained to fly to space from 1960-1961, but excluded because of their gender.

    320 days ago
  • FILE: Jeff Bezos. Picture: AFP

    Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO

    The world's richest person based on his Amazon stake, Bezos said he will transition to the role of executive chair in the third quarter, handing over the CEO role to Andy Jassy, who heads Amazon Web Services.

    469 days ago
  • FILE: Nikol Szymul staffs a reception desk at Amazon offices discretely tucked into a building called Fiona in downtown Seattle, Washington on 11 May 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Amazon says nearly 20,000 of its workers got COVID-19

    Data on the e-commerce giant's 1.37 million frontline workers, including those at its Whole Foods Market grocery stores in the United States, showed a lower infection rate than expected, Amazon said.

    593 days ago
  • Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    Twitter accounts of Apple, Musk, Gates, others hit in major hack

    The list of accounts commandeered grew rapidly to include Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Uber, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, bitcoin specialty firms and many others.

    671 days ago
  • FILE: Jeff Bezos. Picture: AFP

    Bezos launches $10 bn fund to combat climate change

    The e-commerce tycoon said the Bezos Earth Fund would 'fund scientists, activists, NGOs - any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world.'

    819 days ago
  • FILE: Jeff Bezos. Picture: AFP

    Explainer: Bezos allegations put phone hacking technology in the spotlight

    Here is how smartphones can be hijacked and a look at the potential consequences and the thriving market in surveillance vendors helping the world’s spies get access to people’s secrets.

    843 days ago
  • FILE: Jeff Bezos. Picture: AFP

    Amazon boss Bezos to face protests from traders during India trip

    CAIT, a group representing roughly 70 million brick-and-mortar retailers, said it will protest across 300 cities during Bezos’ stay in the country.

    857 days ago
  • Picture: Amazon.com

    Amazon challenges Pentagon's $10-billion cloud award to Microsoft

    President Donald Trump has long criticised Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos.

    915 days ago
  • FILE: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Picture: AFP

    Jeff Bezos sells Amazon stock worth $2.8 billion

    In the last three days of July, Bezos has sold stock worth about $1.8 billion, regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed.

    1016 days ago
  • The world's 10 richest people, according to Forbes.

    Who are the world's wealthiest people?

    The world's 10 richest people, according to Forbes.

    1034 days ago
  • Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie Bezos poses as they arrive at the headquarters of publisher Axel-Springer where he will receive the Axel Springer Award 2018 on 24 April 2018 in Berlin. picture: AFP

    Amazon founder Bezos' divorce final with $38 billion settlement: report

    The announcement of the divorce causing some to worry that Jeff Bezos could end up with reduced Amazon voting power or that he or MacKenzie would liquidate large position.

    1047 days ago
  • FILE: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his ex-wife MacKenzie Bezos on 24 April 2018 in Berlin. picture: AFP

    'Money to share' - MacKenzie Bezos pledges half her Amazon fortune to charity

    MacKenzie Bezos became the world’s third-richest woman, according a Forbes Magazine, acquiring a 4% stake in Amazon worth about $36 billion when she and Jeff Bezos announced their divorce settlement on April 4.

    1085 days ago
  • Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos unveils the 'Blue Moon' lander. Picture: @blueorigin/Twitter

    Amazon's Bezos unveils lunar lander project 'Blue Moon'

    Bezos didn't announce a specific date for the project's first launch, but Blue Origin later said it was capable of meeting President Donald Trump's announced goal of returning people to the Moon by 2024.

    1104 days ago
  • Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie Bezos poses as they arrive at the headquarters of publisher Axel-Springer where he will receive the Axel Springer Award 2018 on 24 April 2018 in Berlin. picture: AFP

    Jeff Bezos keeps Amazon voting power in divorce settlement

    Amazon, the world’s biggest online retailer, said in the filing that 4% of its outstanding shares would be registered in MacKenzie Bezos’ name after court approval of the divorce, which is expected to occur in about 90 days.

    1139 days ago
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