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Jeff Bezos

Report: Jeff Bezos sells $63M mansion near Seattle — a record price for Washington state home sale

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the seller of a $63 million mansion in Hunts Point, Wash., just east of Seattle, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported Thursday. The newspaper, which… Read More

Trump praises Bezos for changes at Washington Post: ‘He’s trying to do a real job’

The recent changes Jeff Bezos has instituted at The Washington Post have captured the attention of President Donald Trump, who praised the newspaper owner’s efforts. In a new interview on… Read More

The two questions that Kara Swisher would ask Jeff Bezos about The Washington Post

“Why do you want to own this paper anymore? And do you love it as much as I do?” That’s what journalist and entrepreneur Kara Swisher would ask Amazon founder… Read More

Oscars host Conan O’Brien delivers jokes about Amazon and Jeff Bezos

Academy Awards host Conan O’Brien took a couple shots at Amazon and founder Jeff Bezos during the opening monologue of Sunday night’s ceremony. O’Brien, the late-night TV vet and first-time… Read More

Jeff Bezos shakes up Washington Post opinion section to focus on ‘personal liberties, free markets’

Jeff Bezos is shaking up the opinion pages at The Washington Post again, telling employees Wednesday morning that the section would now focus on supporting and defending what he called… Read More

Amazon MGM Studios strikes deal for 007, takes over creative control of James Bond film franchise

Will James Bond finally return to action? The prospect for a new film in the long-running spy thriller series increased dramatically on Thursday with the announcement that Amazon MGM Studios… Read More

Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on Florida launch pad

Blue Origin to lay off 10% of workforce — read memo from CEO to employees

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture plans to cut about 10% of its workforce, according to an announcement Thursday by the Kent, Wash.-based company’s CEO. “Our primary focus in 2025… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: DeepSeek reality check; Amazon, Bezos, and the Post; lost in the Microsoft garage

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we dive deep into DeepSeek, the AI project shaking up the tech world, to better understand the underlying technical advances and the long-term implications… Read More

Jeff Bezos is ‘very optimistic’ about Trump — and that Blue Origin will be bigger than Amazon

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he was “very optimistic” about President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office, saying that he thinks Trump is “calmer” and “more confident and more settled” this… Read More

Bezos calls Musk’s latest jab ‘100% not true’ as space rivals renew social media spat

The more things change the more they stay the same — at least when it comes to the recurring social media spat between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. In a… Read More

Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump on ‘extraordinary’ comeback, wishes him success in uniting America

Jeff Bezos wasted no time in sending his good wishes to President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday morning, hours after Trump’s stunning victory against Vice President Kamala Harris. In a rare… Read More

Jeff Bezos says ‘no quid pro quo of any kind’ in decision to end Washington Post endorsements

Jeff Bezos is defending his decision as owner of The Washington Post to end the newspaper’s tradition of endorsing candidates for president. In a column in the Post published Monday… Read More

BE-4 engines on Blue Origin New Glenn booster.

Space shots: A tangled web of speculation surrounds Boeing, Blue Origin and Bezos

Is Boeing thinking about unloading some of its space projects? Is Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture a potential buyer? And in light of former President Donald Trump’s increasingly close… Read More

Jeff Bezos blamed for spiking Washington Post’s presidential endorsement of Kamala Harris

The Washington Post is getting out of the business of endorsing candidates for president, starting with the upcoming election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris —… Read More

Jeff Bezos is starry eyed on Amazon with glowing review of fiancée’s children’s book about space

Nothing like a 5-star Amazon review on your new book from the guy who created the company. Jeff Bezos gave fiancée Lauren Sanchez’s new children’s book the top rating in… Read More

Amazon to offer free Prime benefits to U.S. hourly warehouse workers starting next year

Hourly workers at Amazon who fulfill orders for millions of Prime members have always needed to pay if they wanted to be Prime members themselves, but that will change starting… Read More

Jeff Bezos selling $5B worth of Amazon shares as company’s stock hits all-time high

Jeff Bezos is selling 25 million Amazon shares worth $5 billion, according to a regulatory filing on the day the tech giant’s stock hit a record high. The proposed sale… Read More

Nothing to see here, Amazon tells court in response to FTC’s complaints about Signal messages

At a company known for putting its most important ideas and strategies into comprehensive six-page memos, quick messages between executives aren’t the place for meaningful business discussions. That’s one of… Read More

Bezos Earth Fund launches $100M ‘grand challenge’ for AI solutions to climate change

The Bezos Earth Fund on Tuesday announced the creation of a $100 million grand challenge that’s seeking artificial intelligence-powered solutions for climate change and damage to the natural environment. The… Read More

Amazon names business and tech leader Andrew Ng to its board, boosting AI expertise

Amazon’s newest board member is Andrew Ng, a business and technology leader, serial startup founder, investor, and educator who specializes in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and online education. Ng, who… Read More

DOJ suit over Apple iPhone cites failures of Amazon Fire Phone and Microsoft Windows Phone

The U.S. Justice Department’s landmark antitrust lawsuit Thursday morning against Apple, which accuses the company of illegally maintaining an iPhone smartphone monopoly, reads at times like a technology history lesson.… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez name latest recipients of $50M Courage and Civility Awards

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez are giving $50 million to both actor and activist Eva Longoria and retired Navy Adm. William McRaven as recipients of the… Read More

Musk and Bezos

Jeff Bezos bumps Elon Musk from billionaires top spot with net worth of $200.3B

Jeff Bezos is back on top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the first time since 2021, overtaking Elon Musk as the richest person in the world with a net… Read More

Two men looking at New Glenn rocket on pad

‘Let’s go!’ Jeff Bezos gets revved up when Blue Origin raises up its New Glenn rocket

For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture lifted up an orbital-class New Glenn rocket on its Florida launch pad — with the billionaire boss keeping watch. “Just… Read More

Jeff Bezos sells $2 billion worth of Amazon shares in his first stock sale since 2021

Jeff Bezos sold nearly 12 million Amazon shares, his first sale of the company’s stock since 2021, for a total of more than $2 billion, according to a regulatory filing.… Read More

Jeff Bezos after spaceflight

Filing: Jeff Bezos adopted plan to sell up to 50M Amazon shares six days after announcing move

A new Amazon filing, detailing Jeff Bezos’ plan to sell a slice of his stake in the company, sheds fresh light on his move from Seattle to Miami — and… Read More

Amazon’s birthplace is back on the market: Visitors flock to the house ‘where it all started’

BELLEVUE, Wash. — With an asking price of $2.28 million, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 10704 NE 28th St. is one of the most affordable single-family homes on the market… Read More

Podcast

Surviving Amazon: Work, life, and bias inside one of the world’s most ambitious businesses

[Editor’s Note: We’re excited this week to welcome a guest host to the GeekWire Podcast, Ross Reynolds, whose voice is well-known in the Seattle region from his 34 years at… Read More

Bezos Day 1 Families Fund awards $117M to help families experiencing homelessness

The Bezos Day 1 Families Fund announced $117 million in grants on Tuesday to organizations that aid families experiencing homelessness. Fund recipients are spread across 23 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.… Read More

Jeff Bezos may leave Seattle ‘a piece of my heart’ but some hope for a slice of his future philanthropy

“Seattle, you will always have a piece of my heart,” Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wrote in a recent Instagram post announcing his move to Miami. But what some are hungry… Read More

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