Category: Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Would Owe $2 Billion a Year If Washington Passes Proposed Wealth Tax

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, one of the richest men in the world, would owe some $2 billion a year in state taxes if Washington state legislators pass a proposed wealth tax. The bill (pdf) would impose a one percent tax on financial intangible assets, exempting the first $1 billion of assessed value. Bezos’s net worth…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Feb. 3)

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO, with the head of cloud computing division Andy Jassy taking over. NTD talks toSteve Anderson, author of the book “The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon” to see what could be behind Bezos’s stepping down. General Motors is the latest to be…


Bezos to Give Amazon Reins to Cloud Boss Jassy as Sales Rocket Past $100 Billion

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO and become executive chairman, naming the head of its lucrative cloud computing division as successor in a sign of the company’s transformation from web retailer to Internet conglomerate. This summer, Bezos, 57, will hand the keys of the world’s largest online retailer to Andy Jassy, head…


Video: Live Q&A: Trump Team Releases Legal Defense; Amazon’s Bezos Steps Down

The legal team for Donald Trump has released its legal defense for the upcoming impeachment trials. And in other news, Jeff Bezos announced he is stepping down from his position at Amazon. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host Joshua Philipp we’ll be discussing these stories and others, and answering questions from the audience. These…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Feb. 2)

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces he’ll be stepping down, two FBI agents in Florida died in the field, and preparation for the Senate trial against former President Donald Trump is ramping up.


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Feb. 2)

Uber will acquire alcohol delivery service Drizly for over $1 billion. It wants to diversify into other services after the pandemic hit its ride-hailing business. Many blamed California’s power shortages last summer on the state’s reliance on renewable energy. Now, massive areas of Europe are facing the same problems. NTD talks to Daniel Lacalle about…


Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos to Step Down as CEO

NEW YORK—Amazon said Tuesday that Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO later this year, a role he’s had since he founded the company nearly 30 years ago. Amazon said he’ll be replaced in the fall by Andy Jassy, who runs Amazon’s cloud business. Bezos will then become the company’s executive chairman. Bezos founded Amazon…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Jan. 25)

President Biden signs an executive order to boost American manufacturing. He’s ordering the federal government to buy more from domestic factories. Most major markets are up again today. But with more people calling it a bubble, how can you protect your wealth? A new report warns about the widening wealth gap. The world’s billionaires saw…


Venn Diagram of Freedom’s Threats: Kim Jong Un-Reliable North Korea Intersects Amazon Servers

Commentary Strategists know trying to see the geopolitical battlefield from an adversary’s point of view is useful, particularly the view of an adversary with a couple of nuclear weapons and a legacy of provocative violence. I can’t really enter the mind of North Korean dictator and chain-smoking lard tub Kim Jong Un, so his point…