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Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur who founded Amazon and served as its CEO until 2021. He's also the founder of space company Blue Origin and was briefly the world's richest person.
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Elon Musk has been called out by social media users for telling Bernie Sanders: "I keep forgetting you’re still alive." The 50-year-old Tesla CEO and 80-year-old United States senator got into a Twitter spat earlier this week after Sanders tweeted out: "We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their…
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Jeff Bezos has jokingly responded to a viral video showing his girlfriend interacting very closely with Leonardo DiCaprio. Over the weekend, the Amazon founder and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez attended the LACMA Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles, where they were seen in conversation with the Titanic actor. A clip taken…
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Tom Hanks has said that he was offered William Shatner's once-in-a-lifetime space flight — but that he refused to fork out the $28 million that was required to do so. Shatner — who is best known for playing the seminal role of Captain Kirk in the 1966 Star Trek series…
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Jeff Bezos has been called out for making a serious social faux pas. On Wednesday, William Shatner — who is best known for playing the seminal role of Captain Kirk in the 1966 Star Trek series — fulfilled a lifelong dream after being blasted into space by Bezos' aerospace company,…
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Star Trek actor William Shatner has become the oldest person to reach space, calling his trip "the most profound experience". The 90-year-old blasted off from Texas just after 10:50 AM EST time on a Blue Origin rocket - the space company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Shatner, who played…
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Donald Trump has failed to make it on Forbes' list of the top 400 richest people in the United States. The occasion marks the first time the former US president has failed to do so in 25 years. Every year since 1982, Forbes has published its 400 Richest Americans list,…
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Jeff Bezos has offered NASA $2 billion in exchange for a moon contract that will allow Blue Origin to land astronauts in space. The Amazon founder, 57, made history when he went to space last week, and now in an open letter to administrator Bill Nelson on July 26, he…
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The Dutch teenager who joined Jeff Bezos on his historic trip to space has revealed he's never actually ordered anything from Amazon. On July 20, 18-year-old Oliver Daemen made history when he traveled to the edge of space alongside Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the billionaire's brother, Mark Bezos, and aviation…
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Jeff Bezos has flown to space! Following hot on the heels of Richard Branson's space flight last weekend, the billionaire Amazon founder, 57, was joined by three others in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard. The foursome have successfully landed back on Earth following their 10-minute-30-second-long…
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The billionaire space race feud has taken a new turn as Elon Musk has laughed at a meme mocking Jeff Bezos' space flight. Twitter was left in hysterics when the Tesla founder replied to a question about the Tesla FSD Beta on Saturday, July 17, by tweeting: "Roughly". He was…
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Jeff Bezos has met with Blue Origin's New Shepherd rocket crew the day before its launch into space. Following hot on the heels of Richard Branson's space flight this weekend, the 57-year-old Amazon founder appeared in a series of interviews with his Blue Origin crewmates 24 hours before their scheduled…
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An 18-year old physics student has secured a highly coveted seat on a flight to space with Jeff Bezos after a $28 million auction winner pulled out of the trip at the 11th hour. Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin is running the historic flight on Tuesday, July 20, and less…
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Richard Branson has returned to Earth after successfully being taken to the edge of space in his own Virgin Galactic rocket. Per BBC News, the billionaire made history on Sunday, July 11, after reaching the edge of space high above New Mexico in a craft that his company has been…
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Jeff Bezos has officially retired as the CEO of Amazon. The billionaire, 57, now has twice as much money as the entire British monarchy as he steps down from his role. The overwhelming surge of orders placed on Amazon throughout the pandemic has resulted in Bezos' personal wealth increase by…
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An 82-year-old woman who was denied astronaut training is being taken into space later this month by Jeff Bezos. Wally Funk will also make history when she travels onboard the New Shepard - a sub-orbital spacecraft developed by Bezos’ company Blue Origin - by becoming the oldest person to ever…
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A keen bidder has paid an eye-watering $28 million for a seat on the 11-minute flight to space that Jeff Bezos is set to board. The space-enthusiast will join the Amazon founder and his brother aboard their Blue Origin spacecraft on July 20, The Guardian reports. Bezos' company Blue Origin…
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An investigation has been launched after the IRS seemingly found that Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk paid no income tax. ProPublica reported on exclusively obtained IRS documents that revealed that many of the US's super-wealthy were legally not paying income tax including Bezos, Musk, Bill Gates, George Soros, Mark Zuckerberg,…
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Jeff Bezos is going to fly into space on the first crewed flight of the New Shephard rocket. Per CNN Business, the 57-year-old Amazon founder announced that he will be part of the crew of the maiden voyage of the spacecraft made by his company Bue Origin, along with his…
