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Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott donated $40 million to a nonprofit dedicated to the preservation of black history, doubling down on her DEI contributions. Wednesday’s contribution marked the largest donation in the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund’s history — and was twice the size of a gift Scott gave the same group in 2021. […]
Jeff Bezos’ mother, Jacklyn Gise Bezos, died Thursday after a long fight with Lewy body dementia, the Amazon founder announced. She was 78. Jacklyn Bezos was surrounded by family when she died at her Miami home, her son wrote in a touching Instagram tribute. “Her adulthood started a little bit early when she became my mom at […]
Slate Auto electric vehicles inside the startup’s beta production facility in Lake Orion Township, Michigan. Slate Auto LAKE ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. — In a nondescript supplier park in suburban Detroit, an electric vehicle startup backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is building what it hopes will be America’s newest automaker. The facility is filled with […]
A longtime editor at the Washington Post is resigning from the newspaper after a recent column “respectfully dissenting from” owner Jeff Bezos’ overhaul of its opinion section was spiked by his top executive at the publication, according to a report. Ruth Marcus, the opinion columnist who has spent decades at the Washington Post, wrote a […]
The C.E.O. inauguration crowd In a stark display of money and power, the three wealthiest men on the planet lined up on Monday in the Capitol Rotunda to witness Donald Trump being sworn in as the 47th president. The message was clear: With a president in office who wants to be known as a deal […]
