Jeff Bezos

Pilot’s Valuation Soars To $1.2 Billion In Extended Series C Round
Pilot’s Valuation Soars To $1.2 Billion In Extended Series C Round
March 26, 2021  |  Investments

Pilot has extended its Series C funding round to bring in a total of $100 million with further funding from Whale Rock Capital and Bezos...

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Jeff Bezos Steps Away As The Amazon Effect Intensifies
Jeff Bezos Steps Away As The Amazon Effect Intensifies
February 03, 2021  |  Amazon

Jeff Bezos is stepping away. After over two and a half decades at the helm of Amazon, Bezos will be handing off CEO responsibilities at...

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Amazon Q4 Net Sales Top $100 Billion
Amazon Q4 Net Sales Top $100 Billion
February 02, 2021  |  Earnings

It would be a shame if some bigger news overshadowed Amazon’s fourth-quarter earnings. What could possibly be bigger than the company’s first $100 billion quarter...

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Invests In Chipper Cash In Latest African FinTech VC Deal
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Invests In Chipper Cash In Latest African FinTech VC Deal
November 20, 2020  |  Investments

African FinTech Chipper Cash has landed a whale of an investor. Chipper CEO Ham Serunjogi confirmed on Twitter the startup, which got its initial foothold...

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NY Joins Other States In Amazon Antitrust Probe
NY Joins Other States In Amazon Antitrust Probe
August 04, 2020  |  Amazon

New York Attorney General Letitia James is joining in on the investigations into Amazon‘s market power, according to CNet. James’ office, according to CNet, is...

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Bezos To Testify That Amazon Competes In ‘Strikingly Large’ Worldwide Retail Market
Bezos To Testify That Amazon Competes In ‘Strikingly Large’ Worldwide Retail Market
July 29, 2020  |  Retail

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Wednesday (July 29) that his eCommerce company comprises just a small...

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Report: Tech Execs’ Capitol Hill Hearing Has Been Postponed
Report: Tech Execs’ Capitol Hill Hearing Has Been Postponed
July 24, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Lawmakers will have to wait to question the CEOs from Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. The much-anticipated hearing scheduled before the House Judiciary Committee and...

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Amenable To Testifying Before House Committee
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Amenable To Testifying Before House Committee
June 15, 2020  |  Amazon

After legislators had asked that he offer testimony in their antitrust probe into large tech firms, a lawyer for Amazon said that Jeff Bezos would...

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Freight-Forwarder Beacon Now Counts Amazon’s Bezos As Investor
Freight-Forwarder Beacon Now Counts Amazon’s Bezos As Investor
June 01, 2020  |  Amazon Investments

Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has invested in U.K.-based Beacon, a digital freight forwarder, according to Reuters. Bezos was one of a few investors who...

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