Jeff Bezos

Seven of the top 10 businessmen in the list of the world's 500 richest people are engaged in technology, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index data.

Jeff Bezos still tops the pile

Elon Musk has overtaken Microsoft founder Bill Gates and is now the second-richest person on the planet, with a fortune of 127.9 billion dollars, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index published on Monday.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is once again the richest person in the world, despite his divorce last year which cost him a quarter of his stake in the tech giant.

Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos will commit $10 billion to fund scientists, activists, nonprofits and other groups fighting to protect the environment and counter the effects of climate change, he said on Feb. 17.   

Jeff Bezos has announced that he is giving $ 10 billion to combat climate change. The richest person in the world will fund different scientists, activists and other organizations fighting global warming.

Hundreds of Amazon employees have openly criticized the environmental position of the online retail giant in violation of the company's communications policy.

More than 300 employees have signed a Medium blog post by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice (AECJ) which urges the company to go further in its plan to tackle climate change, which was announced to the public in September.

A searing documentary about the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi made its anticipated debut at the Sundance Film Festival, unveiling a detailed investigation into the Saudi Arabia regime and the companies and governments that do business with it.

Bill Gates is once again the richest man in the world, data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index show. Gates occupied the second place for more than two years, His rise back to the top has been put down to Microsoft shares climbing by four percent, making Gates' net worth about US$110 billion, the Bloomberg Billionaires index reported, quoted by Newshub.

Health is wealth they say but unfortunately while humans pursue wealth, we in turn ruin our own planet and make healthy living more difficult than it was in the beginning. We all have been warned of the effects of global warming but we still go about felling trees for our furniture and the likes without planting replacements.