Jeff Bezos is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the giant corporation Amazon. But, by the time 2021 wraps up, one of those things will no longer be the case.
Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy taking over the role
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Amazon’s Bezos dethrones Bill Gates as world’s richest guy
Jeff Bezos, co-founder and CEO of Amazon, has managed to surpass Bill Gates on Thursday morning to become the world's richest person in terms of net worth.
Amazon talks about importance of trust and more at Fire Phone event
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos was on stage in Seattle at its Fire Phone media event this afternoon, revealing some interesting facts worth sharing. First and foremost, over 60,000 people applied to come to the event, and only 300 were granted the luxury of attending. He dropped a few more anecdotes, which we've covered ahead…Â
Amazon says Kindle sales double 2011 level, but where are hard numbers?
Amazon's Kindle Fire is the Rodney Dangerfield of tablets: it gets no respect. Again, Tuesday, the online retail giant reinforced that image by announcing Thanksgiving Weekend sales of the Kindle were "more than double" those in 2011 - but released no hard numbers.
Just how many Kindles - such as the $129 Kindle Fire Amazon pushed during Cyber Monday - were sold this year versus last year? Dunno. We have plenty of commercial spin, however. This year's Cyber Monday was the "biggest day ever" for global Kindle sales. The Kindle Fire HD "is the most gifted and most wished for" Amazon product worldwide, according to the company...