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billionaire,  businessman,  deep state functionary)
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BornJeffrey Preston Jorgensen
12 January 1964
 Albuquerque,  New Mexico
Nationality USA
Alma mater Princeton University
Children 4
Spouse MacKenzie Tuttle
Founder/Owner ofAmazon
Member ofBusiness Roundtable, Edge Foundation, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1998
World's richest man. Founded Amazon, grandson of a DARPA co-founder

Jeff Bezos in 1995 founded the online shopping website, Amazon.com in the garage of his Bellevue, Washington home.[1] He was already the world's richest man before the COVID-19 Panic, which saw his wealth increase rapidly.

Background

Jeff Bezos' grandfather was L. P. Gise who helpeded found what would become DARPA and who in the early-mid '60s, "headed the AEC's 7 state, 26,000 employee operation." John Greenewald tried to use FOIA to find information on Gise, but was told that the file was not available.[1]

Connections

Bezos has attended 2 Bilderberg meetings. In 2013, he bought the influential newspaper Washington Post for $250 million[2].

Money into Space

In a 2018 interview with Mathias Döpfner, Bezos stated "The only way that I can see to deploy this much financial resource is by converting my Amazon winnings into space travel. That is basically it. Blue Origin is expensive enough to be able to use that fortune."[3]

This lack of imagination in how to use his money comes from an owner of a company known for exploitative and low wage working conditions for its employees.[4]

Donating to Australian Bushfire Relief

In January 2020, Bezos promised USD $690,000 ($1 million AUD) "in provisions and services"[5], as assistance to wildfire recovery after Australia’s devastating bushfires.[6], to gushing media coverage[7]. Critics soon pointed out that the sum was less than he made every 5 minutes in 2018[8].


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/20119 June 201112 June 2011Switzerland
Hotel Suvretta
St. Moritz
59th meeting, in Switzerland, 129 guests
Bilderberg/20136 June 20139 June 2013Watford
UK
The 2013 Bilderberg group meeting.
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/199916 February 199916 February 1999US
California
Monterey
The Edge Foundation held its annual Billionaires' dinner in Monterey, California.
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/200221 February 200221 February 2002US
California
Monterey
Jeffrey Epstein flew several of the attendees in.
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/200327 February 200327 February 2003USSarah Kellen the personal assistant of Jeffrey Epstein, attended the dinner.
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/200424 February 200424 February 2004US
California
Monterey
"There's no such thing as a free lunch, or a free Billionaires' Dinner." Jeffrey Epstein was present.
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/200522 February 200522 February 2005US
California
Monterey
Held in Monterey, California on February 22, 2005.
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/200627 February 200627 February 2006US
California
Monterey
Held in Monterey, California on February 27, 2006.
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/20076 March 20076 March 2007US
California
Monterey
"like some kind of virtual-intellectual conspiracy-in-restraint-of-trade."
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/200825 February 200825 February 2008US
California
Monterey
"The crowd was sprinkled generously with those who had amassed wealth beyond imagining in a historical eye blink."
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/20095 February 20095 February 2009US
California
Monterey
particpaants include Bill Gates and Craig Venter
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/201011 February 201011 February 2010US
California
Monterey
"The new Age of Wonder might bring together wealthy entrepreneurs ... and a worldwide community of gardeners and farmers and breeders, working together to make the planet beautiful as well as fertile, hospitable to hummingbirds as well as to humans. All sponsored by and in the image of Jeffrey Epstein.
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/20111 March 20111 March 2011New York
US
Not all attendees were listed on the website, or they were scrubbed later. Jeffrey Epstein is not mentioned, but can be seen in the background of one of the pictures.
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/201228 February 201228 February 2012USHeld on March 1, 2012.
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/201417 March 201417 March 2014Canada
Vancouver
The dinner, the last known of this event, was held in Vancouver, Canada on March 17, 2014.

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Elon Musk’s wealth approaches half a trillion dollars: Capitalism and oligarchyArticle16 December 2024Joseph KishoreThe task laid out by Marx, the “expropriation of the expropriators,” acquires a direct and urgent necessity. The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) calls for the seizure of the wealth of the capitalist oligarchy and the transformation of the gigantic corporations they control into public utilities. These enterprises must be taken out of private hands and democratically reorganised on the basis of social need, not profit.
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