Monday, January 4, 2016

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Wants It All

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos demonstrates the Kindle Paperwhite during Amazon's Kindle Fire event in Santa Monica, California September 6, 2012. REUTERS/GUS RUELAS 

Daily Mail: The tax-avoiding 'Bond villain' who's trying to take over the world: His insatiable lust for money has seen Amazon boss Jeff Bezos amass a £40billion fortune. But he wants more - MUCH more

 * Jeff Bezos has amassed a £40billion fortune as boss of retailer Amazon
 * The 51-year-old is expanding company into new horizons 
 * He has said he wants firm to win an Oscar with its film division
 * Bezos is regarded to be the fourth richest man in the world

Ambitious New Year’s Resolutions are always a hostage to fortune, so credit where credit’s due to the American billionaire Jeff Bezos.

The intensely driven founder and boss of Amazon, the world’s biggest internet retailer, evidently wrote ‘Take over the world’ some time ago on the top of his ‘to do’ list.

 And every year appears to take him and his controversial business empire one step closer to that goal.

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Editor: Everyone wants it all .... but  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is making it happen.

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Not A Good Year For The World's Richest Billionaires



Bloomberg: The World's Richest People Got Poorer This Year

 * Ortega chases Gates as planet's five richest shuffle positions
 * Soaring Bezos doubles wealth, Wal-Mart heirs lose $35 billion

The richest people on Earth became a bit poorer this year.

The world’s 400 wealthiest individuals shed $19 billion in 2015, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Falling commodities prices and signs of a slower-growing China spooked investors around the world leading to the first annual decline for the daily wealth index since its 2012 debut.

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Editor: Some of these individuals may have lost billions .... but I am sure that they will survive.