Jeff Bezos
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Born | Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen 12 January 1964 Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Nationality | USA |
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Children | 4 |
Spouse | MacKenzie Tuttle |
Founder/Owner of | Amazon |
Member of | Business 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.
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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
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/2011 | 9 June 2011 | 12 June 2011 | Switzerland Hotel Suvretta St. Moritz | 59th meeting, in Switzerland, 129 guests |
Bilderberg/2013 | 6 June 2013 | 9 June 2013 | Watford UK | The 2013 Bilderberg group meeting. |
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/1999 | 16 February 1999 | 16 February 1999 | US California Monterey | The Edge Foundation held its annual Billionaires' dinner in Monterey, California. |
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/2002 | 21 February 2002 | 21 February 2002 | US California Monterey | Jeffrey Epstein flew several of the attendees in. |
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/2003 | 27 February 2003 | 27 February 2003 | US | Sarah Kellen the personal assistant of Jeffrey Epstein, attended the dinner. |
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/2004 | 24 February 2004 | 24 February 2004 | US California Monterey | "There's no such thing as a free lunch, or a free Billionaires' Dinner." Jeffrey Epstein was present. |
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/2005 | 22 February 2005 | 22 February 2005 | US California Monterey | Held in Monterey, California on February 22, 2005. |
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/2006 | 27 February 2006 | 27 February 2006 | US California Monterey | Held in Monterey, California on February 27, 2006. |
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/2007 | 6 March 2007 | 6 March 2007 | US California Monterey | "like some kind of virtual-intellectual conspiracy-in-restraint-of-trade." |
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/2008 | 25 February 2008 | 25 February 2008 | US California Monterey | "The crowd was sprinkled generously with those who had amassed wealth beyond imagining in a historical eye blink." |
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/2009 | 5 February 2009 | 5 February 2009 | US California Monterey | particpaants include Bill Gates and Craig Venter |
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/2010 | 11 February 2010 | 11 February 2010 | US 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/2011 | 1 March 2011 | 1 March 2011 | New 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/2012 | 28 February 2012 | 28 February 2012 | US | Held on March 1, 2012. |
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/2014 | 17 March 2014 | 17 March 2014 | Canada Vancouver | The dinner, the last known of this event, was held in Vancouver, Canada on March 17, 2014. |
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:Elon Musk’s wealth approaches half a trillion dollars: Capitalism and oligarchy | Article | 16 December 2024 | Joseph Kishore | The 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. |
References
- ↑ Jump up to: a b https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/fbi-file-jeff-bezos-grandfather-darpa-co-founder-has-been-destroyed
- ↑ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/amazon-founder-buys-washington-post
- ↑ https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-interview-axel-springer-ceo-amazon-trump-blue-origin-family-regulation-washington-post-2018-4
- ↑ https://countercurrents.org/2020/04/jeff-bezos-philanthropy-and-exploited-amazon-workers/
- ↑ https://7news.com.au/news/bushfires/amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-pledges-1-million-to-bushfire-relief-c-644913
- ↑ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/1/14/21064244/amazon-bezos-wildfires-donation-backlash
- ↑ https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/amazon-joins-growing-list-of-companies-worldwide-donating-to-the-bushfire-efforts/news-story/c44708e658d0d80e88c7d3c2981b6b07
- ↑ https://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-australia-fires-donation-backlash-jeff-bezos-2020-1