Jeff Bezos has directly invested in at least 108 startups across all industries since 1998, when he was reported to have invested $250,000 into Google. Although he does not publis
They include singer Katy Perry, longtime CBS anchor and journalist Gayle King, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nyguen, Emmy-award-winning journalist, author and pilot Lauren Sanchez (who is also Bezos’ girlfriend), and film producer Kerianne Flynn.
Lauren Sánchez, who got engaged to Jeff Bezos in 2023, founded an aerial filming company that has shot footage for Amazon, Netflix, and Fox.
The lyrics to “E.T.” by Katy Perry just got a bit more meta.
Rocket company Blue Origin is will lay off 10% of its workforce, CEO Dave Limp told employees Thursday. The company — which is based in Kent, Washington, and has a Phoenix office that opened in 2023 — employs 14,000 people, according to media reports, so the cuts will affect about 1,400 workers across its offices and facilities.