Three billionaire entrepreneurs, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, are competing to usher in a new era of commercial space tourism.
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Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft, has a net worth of more than $100-billion, making him the ninth person in the world to reach that lofty plateau.
Jeff Bezos is leaving the rest of the world behind when it comes to wealth accumulation, reaching a record $211-billion net worth on Tuesday after Amazon.com shares rose 4.7%.
As Richard Branson prepares to join five others on a test flight to the edge of space this Sunday, he said his wife may be nervous about the launch but he himself wasn’t the least bit afraid.
Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos will be joined by Wally Funk, one of the 13 women who passed Nasa’s astronaut training programme in the 1960s, on Blue Origin’s first crewed flight into space.
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson will travel to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic’s test flight on 11 July, Branson’s space tourism firm said on Thursday, beating fellow aspiring billionaire astronaut Jeff Bezos.
The biggest challenge for Amazon.com’s next boss, Andy Jassy, may come from the business he knows best: cloud computing services.
A seat on a spaceship ride with billionaire Jeff Bezos went for R385-million during a live auction on Saturday, concluding the month-long bidding process.
Jeff Bezos will go to space next month when his company, Blue Origin, launches its first passenger-carrying mission.
From Hollywood to health care, Amazon.com seems to be growing tentacles at an accelerating rate.