This Month
In Pictures: Tech titans gather for day three of Sun Valley billionaire camp
Jeff Bezos, Cliff Obrecht and Bill Gates are among the rich and powerful gathering for the third day at Allen & Company’s annual Sun Valley Conference in Idaho.
What Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ means for corporate America
Private equity loves the legislation, while Tesla and AI start-ups have lost out. Reporters examine the impact on a range of industries and sectors.
Jeff Bezos 2.0: new wife, newish job, old vision
Jeff Bezos lives by a simple precept: limit the number of things you would wish you had done differently when you are 80.
Annie Cannon-Brookes cuts power to her private island
The billionaire’s builders found a novel way to help save the planet.
June
Final bash set to end lavish Bezos wedding party in Venice
Some guests were seen leaving the Gritti Palace hotel in central Venice wearing their pyjamas before boarding small boats to reach the party.
Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos exchange vows in Venice wedding
Applause was heard as the couple tied the knot on the tiny island of San Giorgio, just across the water from St Mark’s Square in Venice.
US to dump ‘revenge tax’; Investors’ new theory; Trick to saving $213k
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Gates, Oprah, Kushner: Bezos celebrates ahead of nuptials
Five hotels and 30 water taxis were booked out as the three-day $76 million wedding got under way in Venice despite local protests.
Bezos, Sanchez land in Venice as protests grow over celebrity wedding
The Amazon billionaire and his fiancee are tying the knot in a lavish ceremony that has drawn angry protests from Venetian residents and organisations.
Italian destination weddings are having a moment – again
It’s not just billionaires in Venice – demand from Americans more broadly has revived a trend, once driven by Britons and Australians, to tie the knot in Italy.
NATO’s ‘daddy’ trick; 10 ASX stock picks; Heart risk for super fit
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How to avoid gluckschmerz about Jeff Bezos’ wedding
It has been written that the Amazon billionaire’s opulent wedding in the city of Venice spits in everyone’s face, but does it?
Trump ceasefire claim in doubt; Travel chaos; BoQ boss quits
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You only get married a few times. Why not go all out?
Quiet and modest be damned – as the Bezos-Sanchez nuptials approach, it’s clear everyone is allowed more than one public spectacle-style wedding in a lifetime.
Bezos’ Venice wedding plans upended as celebrities jet in
Dozens of private jets carrying Bill Gates, Lachlan Murdoch, Lady Gaga, Elton John and others are expected to arrive in Venice this week.
Venice locals plan to ruin Jeff Bezos’ $33m dream wedding
The billionaire’s lavish nuptials, set for this month, have raised the hackles of some residents exasperated by their city becoming a playground for the rich.
Why Trump has no choice but to stick with SpaceX
Elon Musk’s company is the dominant player for space launches and satellite internet, and its lead is likely to grow. There is just no viable substitute.
May
Tech bros are facing the end of the ‘technipolar moment’
The sidelining of Elon Musk is a sign of big tech’s wider failure to shape a Trump economic agenda that is going terribly wrong for the sector.
After 60 years, media mogul Barry Diller bares his soul
The billionaire at the heart of some the biggest media deals of the past half century reflects on his dark childhood, his dazzling career, and Hollywood’s worst-kept secret.
US urges nations facing tariffs to sign up to Musk’s Starlink
State Department cables show Trump officials pushing smaller nations to greenlight licensing of Musk’s satellites at the same time they are facing trade talks.