Jeff Bezos launched his Amazon empire in a rented garage. Now his ‘everything store’ is worth $2.4T
That’s why it’s worth rewinding to the summer of 1994, when Bezos left a fledgling Wall Street career and moved ...
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Tag: Empire
Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Yves here. Perhaps you feel the same way I do about tech billionaires’ fevered dreams that too often look like ...
Oracle Debt and TikTok Transition Troubles Vex the Ellison Media Empire
Oracle and TikTok are overshadowing the problems at Bari Weiss’ CBS News this week. Larry and David Ellison are attempting ...
Elon Musk says his tech empire is built on idea that humans are universe’s only intelligent life
Despite Elon Musk’s multiple proclamations that he is an alien—something he reiterated on the stage of the World Economic Forum ...
6 ‘unhinged’ things Spanx founder Sara Blakely did that ultimately shaped her $1.2 billion empire
Sara Blakely ideated Spanx while she was a fax machine salesperson in the late 1990s. She was getting dressed for ...
The Brutality of the US Empire Is on Display in Venezuela
I can’t help but feel very sorry for the Venezuelan people.Imagine living under a brutal and corrupt illegitimately-elected dictatorship, a ...
Jeffrey Sachs: Trump’s Empire of Hubris and Thuggery
Yves here. Even though the recent Trump National Security Strategy document created an uproar, among other reasons for its harsh ...
Trump accused of leveraging presidency for $11.6B crypto empire
A new staff report released by House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin alleges that President Donald Trump has significantly ...
Like Jeff Bezos and Howard Schultz, Chess.com’s cofounder says people doubted his vision—with a 225 million-user empire, he’s now having the last laugh
In any entrepreneur’s journey, there are bound to be naysayers and doors slammed in their face. When Jeff Bezos was ...
Oracle’s AI empire runs on Nvidia, but the numbers don’t add up
Oracle is unafraid when it comes to hedging big bets. The company is making a career out of reinventing itself ...
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