Jeff Bezos says society benefits more when his companies do well than when he gives to charity — and Elon Musk agrees

The Amazon founder also dismissed calls to increase taxes for the rich.

Inside the life and career of Jeff Bezos, the tech CEO who founded Amazon

The life and career of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos began with a role as a New York hedge-funder before building the global tech ...

Jeff Bezos says, 'You could double the taxes I pay and it’s not going to help that teacher in Queens.' What could a billionaire tax hike actually buy?

The Amazon founder dismissed billionaire tax hikes as political finger-pointing, but supporters of wealth taxes argue the ...
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Jeff Bezos capped his Amazon salary at $80,000: 'How could I possibly need more incentive?'

Jeff Bezos is the world’s third-richest man with a current net worth of $266 billion. But the Amazon founder said his actual salary was much lower than that. During the early years of the now $2.61 ...
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Jeff Bezos's Net Worth Jumps $5.7 Billion As Amazon Shares Rise On Plans To Shutter Stores

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos‘ net worth increased by $5.7 billion to $266 billion on Wednesday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, after the e-commerce giant’s shares ...
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9 Mind-Blowing Facts That Show Just How Wealthy Jeff Bezos, the World’s Richest Man, Really Is

Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet. Worth an estimated $121 billion, the Amazon CEO is $16 billion richer than the world’s next-richest person, Bill Gates. Bezos even retained his ranking ...
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Here’s How Many Years It Would Take for the Average Worker To Earn Jeff Bezos’ Net Worth

About 3.8 million years ago, the earth was in the middle of the Pliocene Epoch, a period when North and South America re-established a land connection but no humans were around to witness it, ...