Bidding for Twitter’s first tweet, ‘just setting up my twttr’, is heating up as a Malaysian Bitcoin investor has offered $2.5 million for the 2006 post by CEO Jack Dorsey. Hakan Estavi — CEO of blockchain system firm Bridge — has outbid other prospective buyers including Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun. On Saturday, Mr Sun had … Read more
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has cancelled a planned visit to Israel as it emerged he had not been fully vaccinated against COVID because he ‘didn’t want to jump the line’ – in a blow to his ‘friend’ Benjamin Netanyahu as he fights for re-election. Bourla, 59, and some of his staff have received their first doses … Read more
Fox News will serve as the ‘loyal opposition’ to Joe Biden, CEO Lachlan Murdoch has announced – adding that the move was designed to boost their ratings. In what was seen as the most frank assessment of the network to date, Murdoch, the eldest son of Rupert Murdoch, abandoned any pretense of being impartial. Speaking … Read more
Jason Kilar, the CEO of CNN’s parent company WarnerMedia, has apologized after he said at a conference that the COVID-19 pandemic is ‘really good for ratings.’ Kilar made his comments during his keynote address at Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media and Telecom Conference and apologized after he was called out on Twitter by the Wall Street … Read more
‘There’s a lot of fun and potential there’: Harry Potter sequels teased by WarnerMedia CEO as he calls the film series ‘one of the most beloved franchises’ By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 20:44 GMT, 4 March 2021 | Updated: 20:44 GMT, 4 March 2021 The CEO of WarnerMedia has hinted at future Harry Potter … Read more
A COVID shot every year? Johnson & Johnson’s CEO says Americans will need to be vaccinated every season for the next several years if the virus keeps mutating Johnson & Johnson’s CEO Alex Gorsky discussed how the coronavirus will be able to mutate further if it continues to spread Should this happen, Gorsky said it’s … Read more
Confused.com CEO and mother-of-two who brought her 8-week-old to work insists she ‘loves’ having new mums in the office because they’re ‘organised and don’t take nonsense’ Louise O’Shea said she had a mini-office set up around her while on labour ward Mother-of-two shared her belief that new mothers make formidable employees Mrs O’Shea told how … Read more
Jeff Bezos is stepping down as the CEO of Amazon, 27 years after founding it with his ex-wife and building it into one of the most successful companies of all time that is now worth $1.7trillion. Bezos, 57, will be replaced by 53-year-old Andy Jassy, the current CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Amazon’s cloud … Read more
World’s richest man Jeff Bezos, 57, steps down as Amazon CEO and will be replaced by Andy Jassy Bezos told staff he will become Executive Chair in the third quarter of this year He founded Amazon with his ex-wife MacKenzie Bezos in 1993 The company is now worth $1.7trillion and Bezos is the richest man … Read more
Tim Cook has said targeted Facebook advertising is ‘manipulating’ people amid his ongoing battle with Mark Zuckerberg over profits and privacy in Silicon Valley. The Apple CEO was forced to defend an update to the iPhone which will make it more difficult for companies to run personalized commercials on people’s phones and iPads. When probed on the move … Read more