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A guerrilla poster campaign against Jeff Bezos at the Met Gala hits New York

New York - Posters have appeared on the streets and subways of New York calling for a boycott of the Met Gala, scheduled for May 4, due to Jeff Bezos' involvement in its organisation. The choice of the Amazon founder, who has grown closer to Donald Trump, and his wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos as sponsors and honorary chairs is “a total lack of tact”...

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Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO on July 5

Jeff Bezos will step down from his long-standing role as CEO of Amazon on July 5, he said at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday. The company first announced Bezos’ plan to leave his role at the helm of the company back in February at the same time it announced record net sales of 125.6 billion dollars in the fourth quarter - a...

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Amazon CEO Bezos to step down as Q4 sales top 100 billion dollars

Amazon has announced that Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO as the company reported yet another record-breaking quarter of sales and profits amid the pandemic. Bezos, who founded the business in 1994 out of his garage in Seattle, is handing the reins over to Andy Jassy, an Amazon veteran who has been at the retailer since 1997 and who founded and...

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Big tech investor tells fashion industry not to trust Amazon

The pandemic ups and downs of Amazon have been well-documented. There were accusations of the ill-treatment of workers in its fulfillment centers. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the retailer has gathered data from sales of third party vendors to create competing products, despite its representatives having long denied engaging...

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Jeff Bezos validates ‘richest person of the world’

New York - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has gotten its ‘richest man in the world’ title re-assured as his personal worth increased by 24 billion to 123 billion dollars. Inditex and Fast Retailing founders have also made it to the top 30 wealthiest people worldwide. Bloomberg Billionaires Index has been just updated, gathering the 500 largest...

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Rich List: Jeff Bezos CEO of Amazon enjoys best year ever

London - It may have been a difficult year for some, but for Jeff Bezos, CEO of online giant Amazon, it was his best year yet - at least in terms of money. No other billionaire in the world saw their fortunes increase like Bezos, who saw his net worth grow by a staggering 27.6 billion dollars - more than the total net worth of all but the top 24...