Amazons Jeff Bezos may become the richest person in the world after buying Whole Foods

Amazons Jeff Bezos may become the richest person in the world after buying Whole Foods

Jeff Bezos may become the richest person in the world soon. Bezos company Amazon just bought Whole Foods Market Inc. for $13.7 billion (£10.7bn). Bezos even paid cash for it. That adds $1.8 billion (£1.4bn) to Bezos net worth, now $84.6 billion (£66.4bn), bringing him just $5 billion (£4bn) away from Bill Gates, the wealthiest person in the world. Bezos also owns various companies including his private space company Blue Origin, the Washington Post, Zappos, Twitch. He also has investments in Airbnb, LivingSocial, Uber, and was one of the first investors in Google. Jun 26, 2017
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns

CEO and co-founder of Uber Travis Kalanick has resigned from his post amid a number of scandals within the company and growing consumer and investor backlash.  Jun 22, 2017
UberBOAT setup in Croatia for island hoppers

UberBOAT setup in Croatia for island hoppers

Uber will introduce boat services for the Croatian islands from 26 June, allowing customers to hail a boat from the regular Uber app. UberBOAT will only be available as a point to point drop off from four locations, but an expansion of the service is under consideration for similar island-hopper locations such as Greece, Italy and Turkey. Jun 19, 2017