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What you may have missed about Mackenzie Scott

Mackenzie Scott is an American billionaire bussinesswoman, nobelist and philanthropist. Born in April 1970,she began her career of writing at the age of six, when she wrote a book titled, "The Book Worm".In 1992, she graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor degree in English. After her graduation, Scott worked for D.E Shaw company, a firm Jeff Bezos worked for as the Vice President.While working for the company, Scott wrote a novel, "The Testing of Luther Albright" and won an American Book award in 1993, Scott married Bezos and one year later, they both resigned from D.E.Shaw and moved to Seattle and started Amazon. Being one of Amazon's first employees, she was heavily involved in the company's activities ranging from working on the company's name to business plan, accounts among several activities Amazon was engaging in.Scott who was married to Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin between 1993 and 2019, left him with four kids

FAA disqualifies Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson as atronauts

pub-1983860445386454 The two leading American billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson have in recent days found themselves in limelight, with each touring the edge of space on their own ships and describing the journey as ''work'' to the benefit of entire human race.But with all the efforts made, the two billionaires still have nothing to smile about, going by the assertions of the Federation of Aviation Administration that they are still not regarded as astronauts.Early last month, Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos came out strongly , pointing out the difference between its New Shepard rocket and the Virgin Galactic, owned by Branson, saying that its rocket will fly above the Kaman line, reaching an altitude of 62 miles (100 km) as compared to the latter that only reached 50 miles (80 km), meaning it didn't reach the space.According to FAA, Bezos has no right to brag as an astronaut just because he flew higher. Since Commercial Astronaut Wing Program was establi

Jeff Bezos offers $2bn to Nasa for moon mission contract

pub-1983860445386454 After his successful tour to the edge of space, Jeff Bezos on Monday announced a $2bn offer to Nasa, to cover its costs, if the US space Agency agrees to award his Blue rigin company a contract to make a spacecraft for astronauts back to moon.In April 2021, Nasa awarded SpaceX, owned by a rival billionaire Elon Musk, a $2.9bn contract to build a spacecraft, but rejected Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynestics bids.The space agency in their response to Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynestics argued that its agency had funding shortfalls, SpaceX' proven record of orbital missions and other factors in a contract decision, as some of the reasons they declined the duo's requests. In a formal letter to Bill Nelson, Bezos said his company will waive payments in the government's fiscal year and pay up to $2bn, and also pay for an orbital mission to vet its technology.''Nasa veered from its original dual-source acquisition strategy due to perc

Bezos, The Man Behind Amazon Success

American entrepreneur Jeff Bezos is the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Amazon. His thriving business ventures have made him one of the wealthiest man on EarthJeff Bezos, is the founder andformer CEO of Amazon, the e-commerce company, owner of Washing Post and the founder of the current space exploration company, Blue Origin. Born in 1964 in New Mexico, Bezos studied Computer Science due his love for computers and and Engineering at the University of Princeton.After his graduation, he worked at Wall Street and later in 1990, became  Senior Vice President of the investment firm, D E.Shaw.Bezos however quit his well paying job and opened Amazon.com, an online bookstore, which became one of the internet's biggest success stories.The initial success of Amazon was characterized by continuous challenges with no or little press promotion as the company only sold books across the United States and in 45 foreign countries within 30 days. Things however changed and after

Bezos Lands from Space, Give away $200 Million

pub-1983860445386454 Minutes after landing, from space,Jeff Bezos began his day by thanking his company team(Blue Origin) for making his trip to space successful.In his post trip conference,the American billionaire also thanked the Texas town of Van Horn, which hosted Tuesday launch, making a historic moment for Bezos and his Blue Origin company.''I want to thank every Amazon employee, every Amazon customer, cause you guys paid for all these... Thank you from the bottom of my heart very much''. Bezos said.His comments has however elicited mixed reactions from news conference audience, the American people, and the whole world with many criticizing his attitude of concentrating on space tours but ignoring the problems on Earth.It is estimated that Amazon employs nearly 1.3 Million employees, most of them engaging in package of goods in warehouses. The company was among the first major corporations which raised its starting wage to $15 an our, and in 2020, the company

Jeff Bezos Hails "Best Day Ever" after Successfully Traveling to Space

pub-1983860445386454 Jeff Bezos has hailed "best day ever" after completing his 11 minutes travel foray into space on Tuesday with three crewmates, including his brother Mark.The billionaire's New Shepard rocket touched down in Texas after a suborbital flight that took 11 minutes setting records for his Blue Origin space company. Bezos space tour was accompanied by Wally Funk, an 82 year old female aviation pioneer who was trained as an astronaut in the 1960s and who flew as Bezos guest, and Oliver Daemen,18, a student from Netherlands and son of a private enquiry firm's chief executive, who travelled as the Blue Origin's first paying customer.Bezos, 57, who has a net worth of 206bn, could not hide his happiness and shouted his enjoyment after the successful landing of New Shepard's first crewed mission following 15 uncrewed test flight."It was the best day ever". Bezos stated adding that the he felt "unbelievably good".The American tycoon

Why Bezos Is Criticized for Traveling To Space

pub-1983860445386454 Jeff Bezoz has come under scathing attacks from the American people and the world at large hours after his departure to Space on Tuesday this week, with many arguing that the billionaire time and money could be be better spent there.Bezos, the Amazon founder who is said to have an estimated net worth of 206bn took off from Texas on Tuesday morning using the rocket New Shepherd, owned by his company, Blue Origin.will be a celebratory moment for Bezos, who has since indicated that he dreamed of traveling to space at the age of five. But many have since expressed their disappointment and disagreement with Bezos' spending time at the space considering the complaints raised by Amazon workers who are pointing fingers at him for poor working condition at the company, and the concerns about the inequality and the amount of taxes the rich Americans pay or fail to pay.In June this year, an investigation by Propublica revealed that rich Americans have consistently rejecte