Hanks, but no Hanks: Actor turned down Jeff Bezos’ offer to ride Blue Origin rocket because of price tag
Tom Hanks has already been to space, sort of, as the star of 1995’s “Apollo 13.” He wasn’t going to pay millions for the chance to do…
Idol threat: Jeff Bezos jokes with Leonardo DiCaprio over video of actor meeting billionaire’s girlfriend
Jeff Bezos, left, and Leonardo DiCaprio. (GeekWire File, BigStock Photos) Jeff Bezos may be chasing the stars with his Blue Origin space venture, but he needs to…
Bezos, Branson and the billionaire space race: What to watch when Amazon’s founder blasts off
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos shows off a mockup of Blue Origin’s New Shepard crew capsule during a 2017 space conference. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Sir Richard…
Has Amazon found its fourth pillar? Revisiting a key question for the company’s future
Andy Jassy, left, will take part in his first annual shareholder meeting as Amazon CEO this week, nearly a year after succeeding Jeff Bezos, who remains the…
The Rock thanks his ‘tequila drinking buddy’ Jeff Bezos at People’s Choice Awards
Jeff Bezos made a shock look at the People’s Choice Awards in Los Angeles Tuesday night time to current an award to movie star Dwayne “The Rock”…
In unusually close votes, Amazon shareholders send messages on exec pay, labor, and environment
A poster in Seattle promoting an Amazon shareholder resolution on plastics. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) New numbers reveal an undercurrent of Amazon shareholder opposition to the…
Dave Clark, Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO, leaves abruptly after 23 years with tech giant
Amazon Consumer CEO Dave Clark at the Amazon Prime Air introduction. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) One of Amazon’s longtime leaders, Worldwide Consumer CEO Dave Clark,…
A Bezos too far? Dutch city will dismantle historic bridge to make way for Amazon founder’s big yacht
The historic Koningshaven Bridge, known locally as De Hef, in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. (Flickr Photo / Gerard Stolk) A superyacht being built for Amazon founder…
Amazon’s Great Reshuffle: Consumer CEO’s exit continues exec shakeup
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, left, and departing Consumer CEO Dave Clark, right. (GeekWire File Photos) Dave Clark, an Amazon veteran of more than 23 years, and the…
Top Stories of ’21: Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, COVID, and what’s next for tech in Seattle and beyond
Looking at GeekWire’s most-read stories for 2021, this series of headlines stands out as a symbol of the past year, not just for Amazon but for the…