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☆ Jeff Bezos says work-life balance is a 'debilitating phrase,' and that work and life are actually a circle
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Britney Nguyen | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos thinks "work-life balance" is a "debilitating phrase." The billionaire and former Amazon CEO instead taught employees that work and life are a circle. AdvertisementJeff Bezos doesn't like the phrase "work-life balance," and has said in the past that he views work and life as actually a circle. "I get asked about work-life balance all the time," Bezos told Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner. "If you can get your work life to where you enjoy half of it, that is amazing.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Bezos, —, Jeff Bezos doesn't, Axel Springer, Mathias Döpfner, MacKenzie Scott, Shah Rukh Khan, Zoya Akhtar, Andy Jassy, fiancée Lauren Sanchez, doesn't, Katie Canales, Zoë Bernard Organizations: Amazon, Service, Vox's, AWS, Origin Locations: Mumbai

☆ A restaurateur learned the hard way not to mess with Lauren Sánchez
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

NYC restaurateur Keith McNally insulted Lauren Sánchez in an apparently unprompted Instagram post. And his latest target is Lauren Sánchez, the fiancée of one of the most powerful people in the world, Jeff Bezos. McNally, who owns more than a dozen restaurants including NYC's famed Balthazar, wrote a seemingly out-of-the-blue Instagram post attacking Sánchez and Bezos on Monday. Chrissy Teigen commented on McNally's post, writing, "She's actually incredibly dynamic, accomplished and kind, and everyone who knows her would say the same." If his edited-down post is any indication, McNally sure learned the hard way not to mess with Sánchez, or her famous friends.

Persons: Keith McNally, Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos, He's, James Corden, Adele, Instagram, —, who's, Sánchez, McNally, Balthazar, Bezos, — Lauren Sanchez —, Sanchez, MacKenzie Scott, Chrissy Teigen, She's, Jessica Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, Lauren, Stephanie Ruhle, Rachel Zoe, Corden, Corden's, Megastar Adele Organizations: Service, MSNBC, Independent, Representatives, New York Times

☆ 12 of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's best style moments
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Samantha Grindell | Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Jeff Bezos and Lauren S á nchez have been a public couple since 2019.nchez have been a public couple since 2019. They've started attending public events together in recent years, especially since they got engaged. AdvertisementJeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's relationship has been newsworthy since it became public in 2019, as their relationship came on the heels of the Amazon founder's divorce from MacKenzie Scott. After multiple outlets reported they were engaged in May 2023, they have been attending more public events together than ever. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren S á, nchez, They've, —, Lauren Sánchez's, MacKenzie Scott Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sánchez were among the top tech bosses and business leaders to attend a lavish White House dinner
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The former Amazon CEO joined over 200 other guests at a White House state dinner on Wednesday. President Joe Biden hosted the dinner in honor of the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida. Other guests in attendance included Apple CEO Tim Cook and JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon. AdvertisementJeff Bezos, founder and former CEO of Amazon, and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez, a former news anchor and philanthropist, joined 200 other guests at a White House state dinner on Wednesday. Jill Biden had the State Floor of the White House transformed into what she dubbed a "vibrant spring garden" for the event.

Persons: Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida, Tim Cook, Morgan's Jamie Dimon, —, Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Fumio, Jamie Dimon, Larry Fink, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Robert DeNiro, Masayoshi Son, Ken Kobayashi, Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, Jill Biden, India Narendra Modi, Sam Altman, Sundar Pichai Organizations: Amazon, House, Japan, Apple, Service, BlackRock, Mitsubishi, The Washington Post, White, Google Locations: India

☆ Eva Longoria and Admiral Bill McRaven to receive $100 million Bezos Award
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Jake Tapper | Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

In 2021, the inaugural recipients of the prize were Van Jones, a lawyer and CNN commentator, and chef José Andrés, each of whom received $100 million. They also serve as national spokespeople for the Brain Health Project, which focuses on brain health and brain performance with a concentration on veterans. Longoria, who starred in the television series “Desperate Housewives,” has focused on education and entrepreneurship in Latino communities. The Eva Longoria Foundation aims to connect Latinos and Latinas in lower-income areas with peer mentors, and Longoria has a start-up fund for Latino-owned small businesses. Bezos and Sánchez pledged $100 million to recovery efforts in Maui after the devastating wildfires in 2023, though the donation has come under scrutiny.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez, Bill McRaven, Eva Longoria, Bernard Arnault, Van Jones, José Andrés, Dolly Parton, McRaven, “, Lauren, Jeff, ” McRaven, Longoria, ”, ” Longoria, Bezos, Warren Buffett, Melinda French Gates, Bill Gates, MacKenzie Scott, Sánchez Organizations: New, New York CNN, Amazon, University of Texas, Bloomberg, CNN, Warrior Foundation, Brain Health, “, Fund Locations: New York, Bezos, Maui

☆ Musk’s haphazard philanthropy is under scrutiny
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

As CEO of Tesla, “I’ve done more for the environment than any single human on Earth,” he told the New York Times last year. But American tax law dangles some significant incentives for them to do so. Musk likely managed to shave a couple billion off his $11 billion tax bill in 2021, thanks to the $5.7 billion he donated to the Musk Foundation, according to the Times. In Musk’s case, according to the Times, that meant giving millions of dollars to Cameron County, Texas. “The way I see Elon Musk is that he’s really pushing the limits of the alternative approaches to philanthropy,” Pasic said.

Persons: CNN Business ’, New York CNN — Elon Musk, Tesla, ”, MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos, “, ’, ’ ” Musk, Musk, ” Amir Pasic, Indiana University Lilly, Elon, ” Pasic Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, New York Times, Musk, Times, Indiana University, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, SpaceX Locations: New York, Cameron County , Texas

☆ Elon Musk is lashing out at MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' ex, for donating billions to charities for women and minorities
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"'Super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse' should be listed among 'Reasons that Western Civilization died,'" Musk wrote in an X post referencing Jeff Bezos' ex-wife. Shame on anyone who uses it," Musk wrote on X in January. Unfortunately, a lot of others are getting caught in the crossfire," Musk wrote in an X post at the time. "The hard part is figuring out how to do it in a levered way," Bezos told CNN. In 2021, Musk donated $5.7 billion in Tesla shares to the Musk Foundation, a charity he started with his brother, Kimbal, in 2002.

Persons: —, Elon, MacKenzie, Jeff Bezos, Musk, who'd, Scott, ”, ” — Elon, she's, ahem, Bezos, she'd, Ruth Simmons, Simmons, he's, Kimbal, St Organizations: Service, Business, Republican, Democratic Party, M University, Associated Press, CNN, Musk Foundation, St Jude Children's Research, Bloomberg, Musk, Business Insider Locations: Prairie

☆ 'This is the mental health moment': Innovation and M&A are helping to boost these stocks to new heights
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

There's been a lot of chatter about the mental health crisis since the Covid-19 pandemic. Attention to a long-time crisis The mental health crisis is nothing new. However, there has also been a growing awareness and acceptance of mental health illnesses over the past decade, said Canaccord Genuity analyst Richard Close. "There's been recognition that mental health has a significant impact on a person's overall health," he said. "This is the mental health moment," said Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI's chief medical officer and author of "You Are Not Alone: The NAMI Guide to Mental Health."

Persons: There's, Covid, Peter Micca, AbbVie, Emraclidine, Myers Squibb, Karuna, Marc Goodman, Canaccord, Richard Close, MacKenzie Scott, Ken Duckworth, NAMI, Deloitte's Micca, William Blair, Myles Minter, Minter, Auvelity, Leerink's Goodman, Ashwani Verma, Verma, Goodman, BioHaven, Cerevel, Neumora, tardive, David Song, BetterHelp, psychedelics Johnson, Johnson, Spravato, Blair's Minter, Axsome, Micca, Michael Bloom Organizations: Institute for Health Metrics, Deloitte, Cerevel Therapeutics, Karuna Therapeutics, Bristol Myers, Leerink Partners, Centers for Disease Control, National Alliance, Mental, Mental Health, Wall Street, Therapeutics, Neumora Therapeutics, UBS, Karuna, Cellular Therapies, Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Neurocrine Biosciences, Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Tema Neuroscience, Axsome Therapeutics, Acadia Healthcare, BetterHelp, CNBC, pharma, Cellular Locations: Covid, Bristol, XEN1101, Acadia, Tema

☆ Jeff Bezos' move to Miami shows just how hard it is to tax the rich
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementEarlier this month, Bezos announced plans to unload 50 million Amazon shares , worth about $8.5 billion, over the next year. Last week, he sold 12 million shares worth more than $2 billion, per SEC filings. But he stopped in 2022 — the same year Washington state imposed a 7% capital gains tax on gains of over $250,000 for those domiciled there. Florida, in contrast, has a capital gains tax rate of zero. In fact, it is one of the eight states that does not have a capital gains tax.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, he's, —, Rich, Lauren Sanchez, Blue, Sanchez, Miami, Bezos, It's, Ken Griffin, Carl Icahn, Daniel Och, Josh Harris, Griffin —, it’s, it's, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, MacKenzie Scott Organizations: Miami, Service, SEC, CNBC, Sunshine State, Evergreen State Locations: Washington, Florida, Miami, Canaveral, Texas

☆ MacKenzie Scott sold Amazon stock worth more than $10 billion last year
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

MacKenzie Scott sold Amazon stock worth more than $10 billion last year. The ex-wife of Jeff Bezos has an estimated net worth of $37.6 billion , according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Upon signing the pledge, Scott wrote : "I have a disproportionate amount of money to share. The billionaire launched the website Yield Giving in 2022, which details some 1,600 organizations that she's donated $14 billion to since 2019. Scott said in a blog post last March that she donated $3.86 billion to 465 nonprofits since June 2022.

Persons: MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos, Scott, Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, she's Organizations: Bloomberg, Amazon, California Community Foundation Locations: Beverly

☆ MacKenzie Scott sold 65 million Amazon shares worth over $10 billion in the last year
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —MacKenzie Scott continues to sell billions of dollars in Amazon stock. In 2023, she unloaded nearly 65.3 million shares of Amazon, currently worth more than $10 billion, according to a filing. She has since sold off portions of her Amazon stake, donating billions of dollars to charity. In 2019, Scott signed the Giving Pledge, a promise signed by hundreds of the world’s richest people to give away the majority of their wealth. Although Scott has sold billions of dollars worth of Amazon shares in recent years, her net worth is still more than $37 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index.

Persons: CNN — MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos, Scott, Bezos, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg Organizations: CNN, Amazon, SEC, titans

☆ Jeff Bezos' fiancée did a Vogue photoshoot inside the '10,000 Year Clock' — here's what the structure built beneath a mountain is all about
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jeff Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, posed inside the 10,000 Year Clock in a photoshoot by Vogue. AdvertisementA Vogue feature of Jeff Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, featured an iconic photoshoot of the couple in Western Texas. It's located inside a mountain in the Western Texas desert that's part of the Sierra Diablo Mountain Range. Bezos began funding the clock project back in 2011. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez got engaged in May after dating for about four years.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Bezos, Danny Hillis, —, Sanchez, intriguingly, Mackenzie Scott Organizations: Vogue, Long Now, Service, Origin, Fox Locations: Western Texas, Van Horn , Texas, Los Angeles

☆ Confessions of a startup founder's wife
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

I wished I had told Kyle that I would understand if he wanted to quit. That's as apt a description of Kyle's startup as it is of our relationship. I'm not sure Kyle has found as many perks to being a startup founder married to a startup reporter. Now Kyle's startup has pivoted a third time. The truth is, I don't know if Kyle's startup will make it.

Persons: Kyle, Kyle shrugged, pang, I'd, hadn't, Scott Belsky, It's, messier, I've, he'd, Jillian, Chris Dixon, Andreessen Horowitz, Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, Schulze, TikTok, Josh Cochran, Marc Andreessen, I'm, He'd, Eric Paley, Steve Jobs, —, Playbyte, he's, Rohan Seth, Paul Davison, Steve Huffman, hasn't, Instagram, it's, Zelda, That's, cradling, Melia Russell Organizations: Apple Watch, Steam, Francisco's Mission, University of California, TechCrunch, White House, YouTube, Labor Locations: Champagne, Francisco's, Berkeley, San Francisco, New York, America, Playbyte, Kyle, Boston, Bay, sobs

☆ Lauren Sanchez says she was crying and holding Jeff Bezos' mother during Blue Origin's first manned spaceflight
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Lauren Sanchez said she was crying and holding Jeff Bezos' mom during Blue Origin's first manned spaceflight. Bezos was on the Blue Origin's spaceflight, which took place in 2021. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn 2021, Blue Origin completed its first manned spaceflight. "They were cracking jokes in the capsule, while I'm literally crying, holding his mother," Sanchez told Vogue's Chloe Malle about the launch. They were engraved with Blue Origin's motto "Gradatim Ferociter" — "step by step, ferociously."

Persons: Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Blue, Bezos, Sanchez, —, I'm, Vogue's Chloe Malle, MacKenzie Scott, Mark, Oliver Daemen, Wally Funk, Vogue, — Sanchez Organizations: Service, Origin, Vogue, National Enquirer, Wall Street Locations: Dutch

☆ Jeff Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, recounts the story of his proposal: 'When he opened the box, I think I blacked out a bit'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez have been engaged for months. "When he opened the box, I think I blacked out a bit," Sanchez told Vogue. AdvertisementAdvertisementJeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez —your favorite tech titan-helicopter pilot power couple — got engaged months ago, and now they're sharing the story of how it happened. "When he opened the box, I think I blacked out a bit," she told Vogue. Sanchez told Vogue she's "looking forward to being Mrs.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Sanchez, —, Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, Vogue Organizations: Amazon, Vogue, Service, National Enquirer, Fund

That was the vision of Joan Kroc, billionaire philanthropist and heiress to the McDonald’s fortune of her husband, Ray. And today, 20 years later, 26 grand, state-of-the-art Kroc centers have opened in places as varied as Ashland, Ohio; Guayama, Puerto Rico; and Quincy, Illinois. Half was to be earmarked for the construction of recreation centers, with the other half deposited into endowments to support them. In the two decades since Kroc’s bequest, quantifying the precise impact on all of the communities served by the Kroc centers is difficult. She explained that Joan Kroc meant for the place to be accessible to all — that beauty was part of her plan.

Persons: Joan Kroc, Ray, Army didn’t, Joan Kroc’s, MacKenzie Scott, Kroc, revved, she’d, Ronald McDonald, MacKenzie, Phil Buchanan, Scott, ”, “, that’s, Angelia Grandberry, Grandberry, Lisa Napoli, Joan Organizations: Salvation Army, Phoenix Kroc, Army, baseball’s San Diego Padres, San, National Hockey League, Catholic, Notre Dame, University of San, Ronald McDonald House Charities, National Public Radio, Center, Coast Kroc, Associated Press Locations: Ashland , Ohio, Puerto Rico, Quincy , Illinois, Boston, Augusta , Georgia, San Francisco, U.S, Southern California, baseball’s, St, Paul , Minnesota, San Diego, University of San Diego, Biloxi , Mississippi

Summer Science Program, a nonprofit with an annual budget of about $2 million, sent about 200 high school juniors to six-week intensive research courses at universities this year. Summer Science Program learned last year that one of its alumni, Franklin Antonio, a co-founder of chipmaker Qualcomm, had granted the organization 20% of his estate, said CEO Frank Steslow. The program intends to double the number of students enrolled next summer to more than 400 and increased its annual budget to over $7 million. Summer Science Program has already received a first payment of $65 million, and the funds are unrestricted. But he added, “it seems unusual at first until you realize that the organization itself is almost like a gift restriction, because they’re very specific in what they do,” referring to Summer Science Program.

Persons: Franklin Antonio, Frank Steslow, ” Steslow, Antonio, Steslow, MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos, Scott, Gabrielle Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Russell James, ” James, James, Joan B Organizations: Science, Science Program, Qualcomm, Indiana University ,, Indiana University , Bloomington , New Mexico State University, Las, University of Colorado, Panorama, Global's, Texas Tech University, Salvation Army, National Public, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Indiana University , Bloomington , New, Las Cruces, University of Colorado Boulder

☆ Elon Musk was upset Bezos did not invite him to visit Blue Origin's factory, after Bezos toured SpaceX in 2004, a new book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Musk's SpaceX and Bezos' Blue Origin have been one-upping each other in a billionaire space race. A new biography of Musk says he was upset with Bezos for not receiving a reciprocal invite to tour Blue Origin's factory after Bezos toured SpaceX. After that, Bezos sent Musk an invite, and the pair shared a dinner that seemingly did not go over well. In 2020, SpaceX completed its first manned spaceflight, while Blue Origin did the same — with Jeff Bezos on board — in 2021. After the tour, Musk sent a "curt" email to Bezos about his annoyance over not having been reciprocally invited to see Blue Origin's factory, per Isaacson.

Persons: Musk, Bezos, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk's, Walter Isaacson, curt, Isaacson, MacKenzie Scott, Justine Musk, Jeff Organizations: SpaceX, Service, Amazon, Bloomberg, NASA, Financial Times Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Jeff Bezos' hot yacht summer with fiancée continues in Croatia with Orlando Bloom, Katy Perry, and Usher
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The pair was photographed walking and sailing with A-listers Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, and Usher. Weeks earlier, the couple hosted a lavish engagement party on Bezos' $500 million yacht. Bezos and Sanchez were recently seen enjoying the summer weather with Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, and Usher, according to photos published in People. Bezos, Sanchez, Perry, Bloom, and Usher were photographed walking around Dubrovnik, Croatia, according to the report, a coastal city known for being a filming location for "Game of Thrones." Just weeks ago, the couple hosted an engagement party on Bezos' $500 million yacht in Italy, according to Page Six.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Usher, Weeks, Bezos, Sanchez, Perry, Bloom, it's, Lil Nas X, Bill Gates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kris Jenner, Mackenzie Scott Bezos Organizations: MEGA, Sanchez's, Amazon, Bezos Locations: Croatia, Europe, Dubrovnik, Portofino, Italy

☆ Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's superyacht engagement party reportedly included business titans and celebs, from Bill Gates and his girlfriend to Leonardo DiCaprio
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some big names attended, including Bill Gates, Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd, and Kris Jenner. The party took place on Bezos' $500 million yacht, which first set sail in February. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez celebrated their engagement last week — and their party aboard the Amazon cofounder's $500 million superyacht attracted some big names. Attendees included Kris Jenner, Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd, and fashion designer Sarah Staudinger, according to photos on Sanchez's Instagram. Bezos and Sanchez have been spending lots of time on their $500 million yacht, which first hit the seas in February.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Bill Gates, Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd, Kris Jenner, Sarah Staudinger, Instagram, Paula Hurd, Page, Wendi Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's, Ari Emanuel, Staudinger, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire, Rania Al Abdullah, Queen of Jordan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bezos, DiCaprio, Sanchez, Mackenzie Scott Organizations: Morning, Black Ops Aviation, Good Locations: Positano, Italy

☆ Jeff Bezos is ripped now. Here's how the Amazon founder went from scrawny to brawny — even though he still cheats with pancakes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Jyoti Mann | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has had a "glo-up" in recent years since stepping back from the company. He went from eating a tin of biscuits for breakfast every morning to putting in hours in the gym. Jeff Bezos was a pretty scrawny guy when he founded Amazon in 1994. She said that Bezos "stole" her personal trainer, Wes Okerson, who has also trained celebrities like Tom Cruise and Gerard Butler. Beyond his personal diet and fitness regimen Bezos has reportedly also invested in anti-aging research company Altos Labs.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Sanchez, Wes Okerson, Tom Cruise, Gerard Butler, Jeff, Bezos, Bezos's, MacKenzie Scott, Betty Crocker Organizations: Amazon, Wall Street, Pillsbury, Altos Labs

☆ Bill Miller, who once beat the market for 15 straight years, redefines value investing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bill Miller, the value investor known for once beating the market for 15 years in a row, is also well recognized as an early investor in bitcoin and Amazon . Miller made his name by running the Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust, which beat the S & P 500 every year from 1991 to 2005. He left Legg Mason to found Miller Value Partners in 2012 after the fund suffered steep losses and an exodus of assets during the financial crisis. Samantha McLemore, Miller's longtime co-manager, will assume management of Miller Opportunity Trust through her firm Patient Capital. His eldest son, Bill Miller IV, will become the lead manager for the Miller Income Fund.

Persons: Bill Miller, Miller, Legg Mason, Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, bitcoin, who's, Samantha McLemore, Miller's, Bill Miller IV Organizations: Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust, Miller Value Partners, Amazon, Opportunity Trust, Morningstar, Delta Air Lines, Cruise Line, Big Tech, Miller Opportunity Trust, Capital, Miller Income Fund Locations: bitcoin

☆ Twitter is rebranding to X. Here are 5 more tech companies that controversially changed their names or faced backlash.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Here are five more tech companies which changed their names — some controversially, and others leading to success. From The Facebook to Facebook, then MetaMark Zuckerberg at Harvard University, three months after The Facebook was created. But the business plan was first written for a company called Cadabra, as in a magician's "Abracadabra." Before Twitter became X, X.com became PayPalPeter Thiel, left, and Elon Musk, right, hold VISA credit cards branded with the X.com company logo on October 20, 2000. Paul Sakuma/APElon Musk cofounded the online payment company X.com in 1999 before it merged with Peter Thiel's Confinity a year later.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Rick Friedman, Sean Parker, Justin Timberlake, Zuckerberg, that's, Frances Haugen, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Martin Magunia, Brin, Sundar Pichai, Mike Krieger, Kevin Systrom, Stephen Chernin Instagram, Andreessen Horowitz, Krieger, Systrom, Instagram, Jeff Bezos, Evan Agostini, —, Bezos, Mackenzie Scott, X.com, PayPal Peter Thiel, Paul Sakuma, AP Elon Musk, Peter Thiel's Confinity, Jimmy Soni's, Thiel, Walter Isaacson Organizations: Twitter, PayPal, Morning, Facebook, Harvard University, Meta, VR, Reality Labs, Google, Getty, Stanford, Microsoft, REUTERS, Baseline Ventures, Stanford University, Inc, Amazon, AP Elon, eBay Locations: Burbn

☆ Jeff Bezos is ripped now. Here's how the Amazon founder went from scrawny to brawny.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has had a "glo-up" in recent years since stepping back from the company. He went from eating a tin of biscuits for breakfast every morning to putting in hours in the gym. With help from celebrity personal trainer Wes Okerson, Bezos is more ripped than ever. Jeff Bezos was a pretty scrawny guy when he founded Amazon in 1994. She told The Wall Street Journal in January that Bezos "stole" her personal trainer, Wes Okerson, who's also trained Tom Cruise and Gerard Butler.

CNN —Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his partner Lauren Sánchez are engaged, a source close to the couple tells CNN. No additional details about the proposal or pending wedding plans were immediately available. Bezos and Sánchez, a former broadcast journalist and now philanthropist, first went public with their relationship in 2019. Since Bezos and Sánchez began dating, they have kept details of their lives together mostly private outside of being photographed at various events. Sánchez has three children from previous relationships, and was married to Hollywood agent Patrick Whitesell for 13 years before finalizing their divorce in 2019.

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