The boom of the anti-aging market: How to get people to live to be 120 (and in good health)
This thriving industry — which aims to reverse or delay age-related disease — will be worth around $610 billion globally by 2025
This is Sun Valley, the summer camp for billionaires that ‘Succession’ satirized
The famous conference on business and economy that is being held these days in Idaho is usually an excuse to close deals in a relaxed manner, while high-profile guests, from Jeff Bezos to Bill Gates, fly fish and play golf
‘They’re gamblers at an emotional casino in their minds’: Why the rich pay for risky experiences
The wealthiest 1%’s taste for risky activities, such as the ill-fated submarine trip to the ruins of the ‘Titanic’ has, among other things, a physiological reason. The class barrier is not only in luxury
Underwater dives and space flights: Off-the-beaten-path trips that only the wealthy can afford
Rich tourists are increasingly seeking out different experiences at prices ranging from $55,000 to millions of dollars
Publisher of ‘The Washington Post’ Fred Ryan leaves paper after 9 years at helm
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Ryan will be replaced at the Post on an interim basis by Patty Stonesifer, formerly chief executive of the Gates Foundation and a member of the Amazon board
Amazon’s potential entry into mobile telephony heats up the battle between telecoms and big tech
The American company seeks to repeat its success in music and video, while squabbles over network usage fees divide Europe
Amazon workers protest company’s climate impact and return-to-office mandate
The lunchtime protest on Wednesday comes a week after the company’s annual shareholder meeting and a month after a policy took effect requiring workers to return to the office three days per week
A gold rush in space
In Silicon Valley, there’s a growing sense that there are enormous fortunes to be made in the cosmos
NASA picks Bezos’ Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers
NASA wants different landing options as it seeks to return astronauts to the moon decades after the Apollo program
Amazon stocks surge after Q1 revenue
The Seattle-based company said it pulled in $127.36 billion in revenue for the January-March quarter, a 9% growth compared to the $116.4 billion it reported during the same period last year
Amazon’s efforts against counterfeit products led to disposal of six million items worldwide in 2022
The figure is double the number of the previous year, and the e-commerce giant credits initiatives that include a $1.2 billion investment to fight fraud on its platform
Big Tech companies to cut costs after $77 billion in profits evaporate
Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta and Amazon earned $243 billion in 2022, down 24% from the previous year
AmazonSmile’s end is alarming, say nonprofits that benefited
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The company also recently announced that it would lay off 18,000 employees and cut other less profitable parts of its business
How Elon Musk lost $130 billion in a year
The business magnate’s net value dropped significantly due to Tesla’s stock crash, while other tech chiefs also saw major losses, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index
Alexandr Wang is the new youngest self-made billionaire
The son of Chinese immigrants to the US, Wang dropped out of college after his freshman year to found Scale Al, a company that helps companies like Uber, Toyota, and Airbnb optimize their artificial intelligence systems
Silicon Valley start-up funded by billionaires hires top ‘anti-aging’ experts
The secretive Altos Labs, which is said to be backed by Jeff Bezos and Yuri Milner, has recruited leading specialists to find ways of reprogramming cells and ultimately prolong human life
Who is the wealthiest man in the world, Amancio Ortega or Bill Gates?
The fortunes of Zara and Microsoft founders fluctuate hourly, mirroring their shares’ market performance