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Startup success hinges on founder personality: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... the assertiveness and confidence of Steve Jobs, the exuberance and energy of Richard Branson, the calm under pressure Jeff Bezos, the discipline and focus of Mark Zuckerberg, and the trustworthiness of Larry Page and Sergey Brin underpin their company's ...

Engaged members expect more from super

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... 18-29 said advice via social media is the way to go. More than a quarter (28%) of males value the opinion of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates. Stake founder and chief executive Matt Leibowitz said young Australians are "hacking" financial advice and ...

Bezos steps down at Amazon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
Jeff Bezos will step down as chief executive later this year, transitioning to the role of executive chair. Announced in Amazon's full year 2020 results, chief executive of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Andy Jassy will take over as chief executive in Q3 ...

Billionaires profit from pandemic: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... increase by US$540 billion over the period. Tesla's Elon Musk increased his net wealth by US$128.9 billion, while Amazon's Jeff Bezos saw his fortune go up US$78.2 billion.

Bezos adds billions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos added US$13 billion to his net worth in a single day marking the largest single day jump for an individual, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The spike in wealth was due to a near 8% spike in Amazon shares, due ...

Billionaires targeted in Twitter bitcoin scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
Billionaires such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates were among the household names that had their Twitter accounts hacked to promote a bitcoin scam. The official Twitter accounts of many notable people, including former President Barrack Obama ...

Amazon launches climate VC fund

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net zero carbon by 2040. According to Forbes, Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos rakes in approximately US$1.5 billion every week. Annually, he personally pockets around US$78.5 billion. Amazon launched The ...

Billionaires club rakes in cash amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... "pandemic profiteers" that have benefited from plummeting tax obligations amid the COVID-19 crisis. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was one such billionaire, whose fortune increased by an estimated $39.3 billion (US$25 billion) as of April 15. "This unprecedented ...

Trillionaires around the corner: study

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... new study that looked at the private wealth of the world's richest denizens. Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos is on the way to becoming the first trillionaire by 2026 when he will be 62 years old, according to UK website Comparisun. ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... the market cap spectrum are getting gradually underweighted. If I pick on Amazon, for example, in the last 12 months, Jeff Bezos sold $2 billion worth of stock. Looking at the active managers in the top 10 holders on the register, they've sold around ...
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