Jeff Bezos

Tycoons and major corporations in the U.S. are poised to break the 2017 fundraising record for a presidential inauguration fund as they seek favor with the incoming Trump administration.

Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, and his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, were seen arriving in Mar-a-Lago late Wednesday night for a private dinner with the U.S. president-elect, Donald Trump.

Big bosses, media and technology representatives, foreign leaders… After his surprise victory in 2016, many had snubbed Donald Trump, but this time, personalities from the world of business and media are vying to get close to the president-elect.

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son smiles with President-elect Donald Trump during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.

At the start of his entrepreneurial career he co-founded Zip2 and PayPal.

In 2024, it was another good year for the world’s “billionaires” club. Their combined fortune grew by $370 billion – an amount greater than the value of a banking giant like Bank of America ($308 billion).

He started by founding a company in the garage of his Seattle home in 1994. Today, with a net worth of more than $203 billion, in addition to the online retail distribution giant Amazon, Bezos also owns The Washington Post newspaper and aerospace company Blue Origin.

The seven tips he repeats in speeches and interviews also reveal the method by which he got to where he is today:

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez were in Mykonos for a vacation last month.

The billionaire businessman and founder of Amazon and his fiancée visited the island with their yacht, where they enjoyed some moments of rest and relaxation.

The meeting was as warm and spontaneous as never before in my journalistic adventure. Here’s exactly what happened last Thursday on Xenokratous sidewalk outside a well-known café. I saw him exit the embassy’s massive car and at first contact, he hugged me, spoke to me in the familiar manner as if we had known each other for years. “Dimitri, I’m glad to see you” (in Greek)

In the latest unveiling of Forbes' prestigious billionaires list for 2024, the world witnesses a dynamic panorama of wealth distribution and economic shifts. Among the familiar names in the rankings are the brothers Kiril and Georgi Domuschievi, albeit with a notable decline in their fortunes, placing them at 1545th position. 2,781 people from 78 nations were Included in Forbes' ranking.