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Elon Musk Says He Will Donate $100 Million to Whoever Invents the Best Carbon Capture Technology
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that he is donating $100 million towards a prize for the best technology that can capture carbon dioxide.
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Amazon Says It's Been Flagging Violent Posts to Parler Since November
Amazon said it “notified Parler repeatedly” over the past few months that the social media app was hosting violent content in violation of its terms of service.
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Jeff Bezos: I Succeeded Because I ‘Won a Lot of Lotteries'
For Jeff Bezos, growing a little online bookseller into e-commerce giant Amazon took hard work and ingenuity, but it also took something else: luck. “Amazon is one of the lotteries I won,” Bezos said.
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Inside Kevin O'Leary's Daily Self-Quarantine Routine
Kevin O’Leary, investor on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” has kept busy amid “stay at home” orders. His daily routine includes 20-mile bike rides, working from home and a glass of wine each night.
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Can't Decide on a Big Life Change? People Who Change Are ‘Overwhelmingly' More Content Than Those Who Don't, Study Says
“A good rule of thumb in decision-making is, whenever you cannot decide what you should do, choose the action that represents a change, rather than continuing the status quo,” study author and economist Steven Levitt says.
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Harvard Lecturer: ‘No Specific Skill Will Get You Ahead in the Future'—But This ‘Way of Thinking' Will
To make it in today’s world of rapid changes and uncertainties, successful business leaders like Jeff Bezos prove it’s better to be a generalist, rather than a specialist.
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How Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Spends His Billions
Tesla’s stock price has soared since the start of 2020, pushing CEO Elon Musk up the billionaire rankings. Here’s how one of the world’s wealthiest people makes and spends his money.
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How SpaceX, Social Media and the ‘Worm' Helped NASA Become Cool Again
The future of NASA and American space exploration was recently up in the air. Now, the space agency is as hot as ever. How did NASA become cool again?
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's Morning Routine: Wake Up at 5 a.M. and ‘Read Tons of Stuff'
Like many top execs – including Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk – Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., starts his day with a routine.
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The Math Behind Jeff Bezos' 8 Hours of Sleep—and Why He Says Going ‘Crazy' With 4 Hours Isn't Worth It
Running one of the world’s largest companies doesn’t stop Jeff Bezos from getting his eight hours of sleep. Here’s why the Amazon founder says sleeping just four hours isn’t worth it.
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Elon Musk Is Now the Richest Person in the World, Passing Jeff Bezos
Thursday’s increase in Tesla’s share price pushed Musk past Jeff Bezos, who had been the richest person since 2017 and is currently worth about $184 billion.
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Elon Musk Thought There Was a ‘Greater Than 90% Chance Both SpaceX and Tesla Would Be Worth $0'–now He's the Richest Person in the World
On Thursday, Elon Musk became the richest person in the world with a $185 billion net worth. But “It took an utterly insane amount of work to move the SpaceX & Tesla success probabilities above [about] zero,” Musk previously tweeted.
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Amazon's Bezos Tops List of Richest Charitable Gifts in 2020
The world’s richest person made the single largest charitable contribution in 2020, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual list of top donations, a $10 billion gift that is intended to help fight climate change
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Whole Foods Founder John Mackey on Having Jeff Bezos as a Boss: ‘People Had This Wrong Stereotype That the CEO Is Like a God'
“People always ask me, ‘How is it like to have a boss?’ And that completely misunderstands the way most corporations operate,” says Whole Foods CEO John Mackey.
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Why Jeff Bezos Always Thinks Three Years Out and Only Makes a Few Decisions a Day
As the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos isn’t one to make New Year’s resolutions, especially when its comes to running his company, Amazon. That’s because he’s always thinking three years out and only makes a few good decisions a day.
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Jeff Bezos: This Is What You Are Going to Regret at 80
The Amazon and Blue Origin multi-billionaire reveals how he makes personal and business decisions.
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Why Jeff Bezos Sets Aside Time to ‘Putter' Every Day
One would assume Jeff Bezos has little free time but in fact, Bezos sets aside time to putter around every day and tries to get eight hours of sleep.
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These 5 Billionaires Added the Most to Their Net Worths in 2020
Tesla’s Elon Musk tops the list after a huge year that made him the world’s second-wealthiest person.
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Fake Delivery Notices Surge During Biggest Online Shopping Season Ever
As online shopping sees its biggest season ever, hackers are sending fake delivery notices impersonating Amazon, UPS and FedEx, with scams up 72% from last year.
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Billionaire MacKenzie Scott: Pandemic Made the Rich Richer While Wrecking Others; Donating Money Gives Me Hope
“[T]he hope you feed with your gift is likely to feed your own,” MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, said Tuesday after giving away $4 billion.