Jeff Bezos adds billions to his fortune as Amazon reports profit surge
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/01/amazon-earnings-exceed-expectations-while-apple-alphabet-google-falter
Amazon’s share price soared over 4%, while Apple shares wobbled despite quarterly revenues, and Alphabet announced a loss Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, added another couple of billion to his fortune on Thursday as Amazon, the company he founded, announced it had made close to $2bn in profits in the three months running up to Christmas. The news, which came as Apple and Google’s parent Alphabet, also reported results, sent Amazon’s share price soaring over 4%. Bezos owns about 16% of the (...)