Jeff Bezos
American businessman
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| February 2025 | Bezos dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and later announced changes to the Washington Post's opinion policies to promote 'free markets and personal liberties'. |
| February 2025 | Bezos announced that the Post's opinion section will only publish opinions supporting 'personal liberties' and 'free markets', leading to the resignation of opinion editor David Shipley and the cancellation of over 75,000 digital subscriptions. |
| January 2025 | Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned from the Post after it refused to run a satirical cartoon critical of American billionaires and President Donald Trump. |
| 2024 | Jeff Bezos blocked The Washington Post's editorial board from endorsing Kamala Harris in the presidential election, a decision criticized by former editor Marty Baron and resulted in the resignation of editor-at-large Robert Kagan. |
| December 2024 | During the DealBook Summit, Bezos stated he was dedicating 95% of his time to artificial intelligence initiatives at Amazon. |
| July 2024 | Bezos held a private phone conversation with then-candidate Donald Trump, reportedly beginning a potential political alliance. |
| March 2024 | Bezos donated $50 million each to actress Eva Longoria and retired admiral Bill McRaven. |
| February 2024 | Bezos sold 24 million shares in Amazon for a total value of $4 billion and announced plans to sell 50 million shares over the following year. |
| 2023 | Bezos was reported as the second-wealthiest person in America and third-wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of about $197 billion. |
| 2023 | Bezos donated $100 million to singer Dolly Parton in recognition of her charity work focused on children's literacy. |
| December 2023 | Around 750 employees at The Washington Post went on a brief strike in response to Jeff Bezos' plans to lay off staff. |
| May 22 2023 | Sánchez and Bezos became engaged. |
| February 2023 | Bezos was presented with the Légion d'honneur, the highest French order of merit. |
| 2022 | Biographical film 'Bezos: The Beginning', directed by Khoa Le, was released, depicting Jeff Bezos's early life and family story. |
| November 22 2022 | Bezos awarded $123 million to organizations that help relocate homeless families to permanent housing. |
| February 2022 | Bezos expanded his residential holdings by purchasing a $16.13 million apartment in the Flatiron neighborhood. |
| January 19 2022 | Altos Labs officially launched on January 19, 2022, with a starting capital of $3 billion and an executive team led by Hal Barron. |
| 2021 | Flies into space on Blue Origin NS-16 spacecraft. |
| December 2021 | The FBI stated they could not find proof substantiating claims of Saudi Arabia hacking Bezos's phone and considered the investigation a low priority. |
| November 2021 | Bezos pledged $2 billion towards restructuring food systems and nature conservation at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. |
| November 22 2021 | Jeff Bezos donated $100 million to the Obama Foundation and requested that the Obama Presidential Center's plaza be named after John Lewis. |
| September 2021 | Jeff Bezos co-founded Altos Labs alongside Mail.ru founder Yuri Milner. |
| July 2021 | Bezos announced the Courage and Civility Award, donating $100 million each to lawyer Van Jones and chef José Andrés. |
| July 20 2021 | Jeff Bezos launched on the NS-16 mission alongside his half-brother Mark Bezos, Wally Funk, and Oliver Daemen, marking his first suborbital flight. |
| July 6 2021 | The Pentagon cancelled the JEDI contract with Microsoft, which had been the subject of a lawsuit filed by Amazon, alleging bias in the bidding process. |
| July 5 2021 | Jeff Bezos stepped down as the CEO and president of Amazon, transitioning to the role of executive chairman. |
| February 2021 | Bezos announced he would step down as CEO of Amazon in the third quarter of 2021, transitioning to the role of Executive Chairman of the Amazon Board. |
| February 2 2021 | Bezos sent an email to Amazon employees detailing his decision to transition to focus on various philanthropic efforts and personal interests. |
| November 2020 | Bezos announced $791 million in donations to various established organizations, including $100 million each to five major environmental groups. |
| August 2020 | According to Forbes, Jeff Bezos had a net worth exceeding $200 billion. |
| April 2020 | Bezos donated $100 million to food banks through Feeding America during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| February 2020 | Bezos pledged $10 billion to combat climate change through the Bezos Earth Fund. |
| February 2020 | Bezos purchased the Warner Estate from David Geffen for $165 million, setting a record for the highest price paid for a residence in the Los Angeles area. |
| January 2020 | Motherboard reports mobile forensic expert Sarah Edwards claims FTI's investigation was only about 50% complete, with key forensic analysis missing. |
| January 23 2020 | The full forensic report was published by Motherboard, detailing potential Saudi involvement in Bezos's phone hacking. |
| January 22 2020 | UN special rapporteurs Agnès Callamard and David Kaye called for an immediate investigation into the alleged phone hacks targeting Bezos. |
| January 21 2020 | The Guardian broke the story of the phone analysis, reporting a likely infiltration of Bezos's phone via a video file from bin Salman's WhatsApp account. |
| 2019 | A political action committee linked to Bezos spent over $1 million in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat the reelection bid of Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant. |
| 2019 | Bezos was inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation, receiving the Jeff Bezos Freedom's Wings Award and the Kenn Ricci Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Award. |
| November 2019 | FTI Consulting completed the forensic analysis report of Bezos's phone. |
| November 22 2019 | Jeff Bezos donated $100 million to the Obama Foundation to support programming for emerging leaders and requested the plaza at the Obama Presidential Center be named after John Lewis. |
| June 2019 | Bezos purchased three adjoining apartments overlooking Madison Square Park for a combined total of $80 million. |
| April 2019 | Bezos was interviewed by federal investigators regarding potential hacks by Israeli technology company NSO Group. |
| April 4 2019 | The divorce between Bezos and MacKenzie was finalized, with Bezos retaining 75% of the couple's Amazon stock. |
| March 2019 | AMI released a statement claiming Michael Sanchez was their only source for the story about Bezos, denying involvement of any other third party. |
| March 2019 | Gavin de Becker published an article in The Daily Beast claiming investigators concluded with high confidence that Saudis had accessed Bezos's phone. |
| February 2019 | Saudi Arabian minister of state for foreign affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, denied Saudi Arabia's involvement in the phone hacking incident involving Jeff Bezos. |
| February 2019 | Jeff Bezos engaged FTI Consulting to investigate the circumstances surrounding the National Enquirer's report. |
| February 7 2019 | Bezos published an online essay accusing David Pecker of extortion and blackmail related to intimate photos of him and Lauren Sánchez. |
| January 2019 | The National Enquirer reported details of Jeff Bezos's personal affair. |
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