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(Bloomberg) -- The world's richest person is getting richer, even in a pandemic, and perhaps because of it. JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. signaled Tuesday that loan losses fueled by the unprecedented job cuts -- many of them in the retail sector that Amazon so efficiently disrupted -- could rival those incurred after the 2008 financial crisis. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The world's richest person is getting richer, even in a pandemic, and perhaps because of it. JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. signaled Tuesday that loan losses fueled by the unprecedented job cuts -- many of them in the retail sector that Amazon so efficiently disrupted -- could rival those incurred after the 2008 financial crisis. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Response to the spread of the novel coronavirus has been unprecedented. $2.65 million: David A. Tepper Charitable Foundation, including to a Covid-19 response fund started by the Foundation for the Carolinas and United Way of Central Carolinas; and toward the purchase of 6,000 mobile hotspots to assist students in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- With a single Instagram post, Jeff Bezos pledged to become one of the most generous philanthropists in history. Even if the full value of the gift were to be immediately subtracted from his wealth, Bezos would still be the richest person on the planet with a $120.5 billion fortune, just ahead of Gates, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Jeff Bezos's stake in Amazon.com Inc. barely budged over the past decade. For Bezos, it's a sharp reversal from years of relative restraint even as the value of his Amazon stake eclipsed 12 figures in 2017. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Jeff Bezos's stake in Amazon.com Inc. barely budged over the past decade. For Bezos, it's a sharp reversal from years of relative restraint even as the value of his Amazon stake eclipsed 12 figures in 2017. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Jeff Bezos's stake in Amazon.com Inc. barely budged over the past decade. For Bezos, it's a sharp reversal from years of relative restraint even as the value of his Amazon stake eclipsed 12 figures in 2017. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Jeff Bezos continued his selling spree. That brings Bezos's total stock sales to more than $14 billion, with the majority occurring in the past four years, according to calculations by Bloomberg. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Jeff Bezos is on a selling spree. Bezos, 56, said in 2017 that he was selling about $1 billion a year in Amazon stock to fund Blue Origin LLC, his space flight company. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Jeff Bezos is on a selling spree. Bezos, 56, said in 2017 that he was selling about $1 billion a year in Amazon stock to fund Blue Origin LLC, his space flight company. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Jeff Bezos kicked off the new decade with a $1.8 billion windfall from the sale of Amazon.com Inc. shares. Bezos, 56, bought two significant works during New York's November auctions, according to art dealer Josh Baer, writing in his newsletter the Baer Faxt this week. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- In the 15 years after Amazon.com Inc. went public in 1997, Jeff Bezos sold about a fifth of the company for roughly $2 billion. Bezos offloaded 905,456 Amazon shares on Friday and Monday under a pre-arranged trading plan, according to filings. [Extracted from the article]

Jeff Bezos's fortune swelled to $124.2 billion Friday as shares of his Amazon.com Inc. surged 7.4%, a day after the largest U.S. e-commerce company stunned investors with a fourth-quarter profit that far exceeded Wall Street estimates. Read more: Amazon holiday results crush Wall Street estimates; shares surge. [Extracted from the article]

Shares of his Amazon.com Inc. surged 12% to $2,100 in extended trading at 4:16 p.m. Thursday in New York, after the largest U.S. e-commerce company reported fourth-quarter results that smashed Wall Street estimates. Read more: Amazon holiday results crush Wall Street estimates; shares surge. [Extracted from the article]

Shares of his Amazon.com Inc. surged 12% to $2,100 in extended trading at 4:16 p.m. in New York, after the largest U.S. e-commerce company reported fourth-quarter results that smashed Wall Street estimates. Read more: Amazon holiday results crush Wall Street estimates; shares surge. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Sundar Pichai's elevation to chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. means the three most valuable U.S. tech firms no longer have a founder at the helm. Like Apple Inc.'s Tim Cook and Microsoft Corp.'s Satya Nadella, Pichai is a long-time lieutenant who steadily worked his way up the corporate ladder. Started in a California garage by Brin and Page in 1998, the firm had revenue of $137 billion in 2018 and today boasts a market value of $893 billion. [Extracted from the article]

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates overtook Amazon.com Inc.'s Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person on Friday, reclaiming the top ranking for the first time in more than two years. Gates may have been helped in part by the Pentagon's surprise decision announced Oct. 25 to award a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft over Amazon. [Extracted from the article]

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates overtook Amazon.com Inc.'s Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person on Friday, reclaiming the top ranking for the first time in more than two years. Gates may have been helped in part by the Pentagon's surprise decision announced Oct. 25 to award a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft over Amazon. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Jeff Bezos retained the title of world's richest person Friday as Amazon.com Inc.'s stock recovered from a sharp slide. Bezos, who took the top spot from the Microsoft Corp. co-founder in October 2017, briefly swapped places with Gates on an intraday basis but returned to the top spot as Amazon rallied along with the broader market. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Jeff Bezos is at risk of losing the title of world's richest person to Bill Gates, as Amazon.com Inc. stock slid Friday. At that price, Bezos has a net worth of $107.1 billion, about $300 million less than Gates, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Jeff Bezos is about to relinquish the title of world's richest person to Bill Gates, as Amazon.com Inc. stock tumbled in late trading Thursday. At that price, Bezos would have a net worth of $102.8 billion, ranking him second, and almost $5 billion behind Gates, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Jeff Bezos is about to relinquish the title of world's richest person to Bill Gates, as Amazon.com Inc. stock tumbled in late trading Thursday. At that price, Bezos would have a net worth of $102.8 billion, ranking him second, and almost $5 billion behind Gates, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the sale of additional one billion dollars worth of shares of Amazon.com by Jeff Bezos shortly after cashing in 1.8 billion dollars according to stock exchange filings.

The article reports on the stock sales made by Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of online retailer and web-services company, Amazon under which a total of 19.7 million shares of Amazon were transferred to MacKenzie Bezos, former wife of Jeff. Topics covered include number of shares sold by Bezos between July 29 and 31, 2019 as part of his stock sale plan, percentage of MacKenzie's holding and its valuation and overview of the divorce of Jeff and MacKenzie.

The article reports that judge in Washington, D.C. has signed order formalizing separation of couple Mackenzie and Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer at ecommerce Amazon.com, and mentions transfer of shares of Amazon.com Inc. Topics discussed include parenting plan for their children filed by the couple, interest of Mackenzie on the space exploration firm Blue Origin and Giving Pledge in May 2019 signed by the wife.

The article discusses that with the divorce, a $38 billion stake in Amazon.com Inc. will pass to MacKenzie Bezos as part of her separation from company founder Jeff Bezos while he will retain other assets, like the Washington Post and space-exploration company Blue Origin. It further states that regulatory disclosure with the shift in ownership is expected to be released in this year.

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, once the world's richest person, has again eclipsed the $100 billion threshold, joining Amazon.com Inc.'s Jeff Bezos in the exclusive club, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Gates's fortune, now $100 billion on the nose, hasn't reached such heights since the dot-com boom, when Bezos was only beginning his march up the world's wealth rankings. [Extracted from the article]

Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie are divorcing after a relationship that started at a New York hedge fund and is ending a little more than a year after he became the world's richest person. MacKenzie, an author, played a significant role at the company in the early years and "was there when he wrote the business plan", she wrote in a disparaging 2013 review of a Bezos biography written by Bloomberg Senior Executive Editor Brad Stone. MacKenzie's primary influence on Bezos and Amazon was to provide encouragement in the early years and support through tumultuous times, one of the people said. [Extracted from the article]

Gain in his net worth more than FedEx's market capitalization Amazon.com Inc. briefly became America's second trillion-dollar company on Tuesday after adding $434 billion to its market cap this year. [Extracted from the article]

Gates trails Bezos by $55 billion Bloomberg wealth ranking Bezos, 54, also has topped Gates in inflation-adjusted terms. Behind Bezos on the Bloomberg index is Gates, with a $95.3 billion fortune. [Extracted from the article]

Billionaire investor also criticizes loose monetary policies Bezos "is literally revolutionizing the way business is done", Druckenmiller said Wednesday night at the Manhattan Institute's Alexander Hamilton award dinner, where he was honored. [Extracted from the article]

Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, got a lot richer Thursday. Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, whose fortune dropped $2.5 billion on Tuesday, got a reprieve Thursday as his wealth increased by $5.8 billion, a day after the social network posted better-than-expected results for the first quarter. [Extracted from the article]

Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, added $3.3 billion to his net worth on Tuesday even as the fortunes of fellow technology tycoons took a tumble. AttributionPeter Eichenbaum: editor primaryDan Reichl: editor secondaryTom Metcalf: by reporterPierre Paulden: editor responsible. [Extracted from the article]

Bezos Says He'll Spend "Amazon Lottery Winnings" on Space Travel James Watson advises Bezos to save money for Earth's potholes James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, advised Bezos to spend just a quarter of his fortune on space exploration, so he can take care of this planet's needs. [Extracted from the article]

Jeff Bezos's net worth reached $105.1 billion Monday on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as Amazon.com Inc. shares added to a 12-month surge that's lifted the online shopping giant's market value by almost 57 percent. The Amazon founder passed Gates in October with a net worth of $93.8 billion and his fortune crossed $100 billion for the first time a month later when the holiday shopping season kicked off on Black Friday. [Extracted from the article]

Unlike Gates, who was the world's richest person until Bezos passed him in October, or U.S. investor Warren Buffett, the world's third-richest person with $78.9 billion, Bezos has given relatively little of his fortune to charity. Bezos's fortune and Amazon share data reflect Friday's closing trading prices in New York. [Extracted from the article]

Jeff Bezos sold $4 billion of Amazon.com Inc. stock in the past three years, including $1.1 billion last week, using most of the money to support his space company, Blue Origin LLC. "As the world's richest man, Bezos has a unique ability to develop his own space transportation company and maintain 100 percent ownership", said Chad Anderson, chief executive officer of Space Angels Holdings, a space-focused investment fund. [Extracted from the article]

A post-earnings surge in Amazon.com Inc. shares Friday pushed Jeff Bezos to the top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the first time, vaulting him ahead of Bill Gates who had held the top spot as the richest person on Earth for more than four years. His wealth briefly eclipsed that of Gates, the Microsoft Corp. co-founder, on an intraday basis on July 27, but Amazon shares ended that day lower, leaving Bezos at No. 2. [Extracted from the article]

Brokers, lunar ventures invest in rocket enterprises Bezos, the world's second richest man, is funding rocket company Blue Origin to the tune of $1 billion a year. [Extracted from the article]

Amazon founder has added $5.4 billion to his fortune in 2016 Most of Bezos's wealth is tied to Amazon, which has benefited from robust demand for quick-turnaround delivery, cloud services and gadgets like the Kindle and Echo. [Extracted from the article]

To contact the reporter on this story:Tom Metcalf in San Francisco at tmetcalf7@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story:Robert LaFranco at rlafranco@bloomberg.netAlan Goldstein Attribution Alan Goldstein: editor Robert LaFranco: editor responsible Tom Metcalf: by reporter. [Extracted from the article]

Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos collected $671 million this week after selling 1 million shares in the e-commerce retailer, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Attribution Sophie Caronello: editor Robert LaFranco: editor responsible Tom Metcalf: by reporter. [Extracted from the article]

Leapfrogs Mexico's Carlos Slim to become world's 4th richest Jeff Bezos has toppled Mexico's Carlos Slim as the world's fourth-richest person. [Extracted from the article]

Amazon founder was country's 13th wealthiest at start of year The 51-year-old founder of Amazon.com Inc. added $2.9 billion to his fortune Friday as the online retailer rose more than $35 and pushed his net worth to $53.2 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. [Extracted from the article]