What's Next for Jeff Bezos?
As of yesterday, Jeff Bezos is no longer the CEO of Amazon, the company he founded as an online book retailer in Seattle in 1994. Bezos left the CEO position as the richest person in the world, having amassed a $199 billion fortune. And though he just bought a $500+ million superyacht, all signs point to him not spending much time on it. Lets look at some of Bezoss side hustles that could become main hustles. Space  Bezoss interest in space dates back to his teenage days, when the high school valedictorian told the Miami Herald he wanted to build space hotels, amusement parks, and colonies for 2 million or 3 million people who would be in orbit.  Fast forward to 2000, when Bezos founded his rocket company Blue Origin two years before Elon Musk would start SpaceX. The amusement park idea may still be decades out, but the company has shorter-term ambitions in space tourism, satellite launches, and lunar landers. In 2016, Bezos was spending one day a week working at Blue Originexpect that to jump. Philanthropy  Bezos has pledged $10 billion to climate-focused initiatives through the Bezos Earth Fund and gave $2 billion to increase access to education and address homelessness through the Bezos Day One Fund. But his philanthropic endeavors have been overshadowed by generous donations made by his ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, and Bezos hasnt signed the Giving Pledge, a commitment by the ultra-wealthy to give away at least half of their fortune. The other stuff  When Mark Cuban sold his audio streaming company to Yahoo for $5.6 billion in 1999, he bought the NBAs Dallas Mavericks the next year. Perhapshe reportedly has expressed interest in owning an NFL franchise. When hes not busy with all of the above, Bezos owns the Washington Post, is building a 10,000-year clock in remote West Texas, and will certainly keep a close eye on Amazon as executive chairman.