JEFF BEZOS’S SIDE HUSTLES

BLUE ORIGIN

Jeff Bezos is locked in a space race with fellow billionaire elon Musk, as Blue Origin and Spacex gear up for a key year. Blue Origin’s latest test, in January, saw it successfully launch and land its new Shepard rocket and capsule with a dummy person inside, in preparation for taking members of the public to the edge of space, possibly in late 2021. in 2012, Bezos also funded a mission to retrieve the F-1 rocket engines used in the Apollo 11 mission from the sea floor.

THE 10,000-YEAR CLOCK

Bezos is building a giant clock inside a mountain in West Texas that will keep time for the next 10,000 years.

THE EARTH FUND

Roughly a year ago, Bezos announced he would spend us$10-billion on fighting climate change. he later disbursed nearly us$800-million to a group of climate change charities, but has so far said little about his wider strategy.

THE WASHINGTON POST

Under Bezos’s ownership, The Washington Post has returned to profit and expanded its newsroom to over 1,000 journalists.