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Richard Branson aims to make space trip on July 11, ahead of Jeff Bezos

Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson will travel to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc's test flight on July 11, Branson's space tourism firm said

Jeff Bezos' 2021 Space Odyssey proves a risk too far for insurers

Launching one of the richest individuals on earth into orbit has proved a leap too far for insurers, who are not ready to price the risk of losing Jeff Bezos or his fellow space travelers.

Explained: Why do people want Jeff Bezos to buy and eat the Mona Lisa?

An online petition that started as a joke has gone viral, becoming a kind of performance art piece all of its own

MacKenzie Scott donates $2.7 bn more within a year, blasts wealth gap

Scott, 51, shook up the philanthropy world last year with the pace and magnitude of her giving.

Bidder pays $28 mn to fly into space with Jeff Bezos next month

An auction for a ride into space next month alongside Jeff Bezos and his brother ended with a winning $28 million bid Saturday.

25 richest Americans paid little to nothing in federal income taxes: Report

Billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Elon Musk and George Soros benefit from a complex web of loopholes in tax code.

Jeff Bezos plans to fly on Blue Origin's first human spaceflight

Blue Origin is auctioning off a seat on its New Shepard rocket for the July 20 flight, an 11-minute trip to suborbital space that will reach an altitude of about 100 km

Jeff Bezos to join winner of seat on Blue Origin's first human space flight

Amazon founder says will travel to space with his brother and auction winner on July 20

SoftBank Group may invest $700 mn in Flipkart after exiting firm in 2018

Techy conglomerate investing in Flipkart at a time when Reliance Industries and Tata are betting big on e-commerce as well.

Jeff Bezos says will pass baton to new Amazon CEO on July 5

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has picked a date to step down as CEO.

Blue Origin discloses $2 mn as current highest bid for seat on space flight

Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, disclosed $2 million as the current highest bid for a seat on its New Shepherd spacecraft after the startup closed the first phase of its auction.

Understanding Amazon

Book review of AMAZON UNBOUND: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire

Competing in a digital world

Book review of Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age

Jeff Bezos sells $2.5 billion of Amazon and signals more coming

Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, continues to hold more than 10% of Amazon.com.

Book excerpt: The untold story of how Jeff Bezos beat the tabloids

When a gossip paper went after the Amazon CEO, he retaliated with the brutal, brilliant efficiency he used to build his business empire. An excerpt from the new book Amazon Unbound by Brad Stone

Musk trolls Bezos as space race between world's richest men heats up

The space race between the world's two richest men went into hyperdrive on Tuesday after Tesla chief Elon Musk took a swipe at Jeff Bezos' attempt to challenge a major NASA contract

Jeff Bezos' rocket company challenges Nasa over SpaceX moon lander deal

The space agency picked Elon Musk's company over two other bidders to take its astronauts back to the lunar surface

Bezos' Blue Origin slams NASA for giving Musk a $2.9 billion contract

The contract is for landing astronauts on the Moon by 2024.

Jeff Bezos' big bang theories

Book review of Working Backwards: Insights, Stories and Secrets from Inside Amazon

Explained: How Amazon future CEO Andy Jassy became Jeff Bezos' shadow

Andy Jassy, AWS CEO and incoming CEO, Amazon, says it is very early days, with respect to what Amazon is hoping to enable for customers in India