In an email to staff, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced another round of layoffs at Amazon — this time resulting in 9,000 Amazon employees losing their jobs. The affected departments include its highly profitable cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services (AWS), Twitch (the gaming platform Amazon owns), Amazon's advertising, and...

As of March 20, 2023, Vicky Safra was the wealthiest person in Brazil, with an estimated net worth of 16.6 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Jorge Paulo Lemann (No. 2, $15.4 billion), Eduardo Saverin (No. 3, $11.1 billion); and Marcel Herrmann Telles (No. 4, $10.3 billion). Carlos Alberto Sicupira is the...

As of March 20, 2023, Zhong Shanshan was the wealthiest person in China, with an estimated net worth of 66.5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Zhang Yiming  (No. 2, $45.0 billion), Ma Huateng (No. 3, $35.5 billion); and Colin Zheng Huang (No. 4, $32.4 billion). William Lei Ding is the fifth-richest person in China,...

As of  March 20, 2023, Renata Kellnerova was the wealthiest person in the Czech Republic, with an estimated net worth of 16.4 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Daniel Kretinsky (No. 2, $9.2 billion), Karel Komarek (No. 3, $8.1 billion); and  Pavel Tykac (No. 4, $7.9 billion). Radovan Vitek is the fifth-richest person in the...

As of March 20, 2023, Giovanni Ferrero was the wealthiest person in Italy, with an estimated net worth of 38.7 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Giorgio Armani  (No. 2, $11.0 billion), Massimiliana Landini Aleotti (No. 3, $6.7 billion); and Silvio Berlusconi  (No. 4, $6.6 billion). Sergio Stevanato is the fifth-richest person in Italy,...

As of March 20, 2023, Carlos Slim Helu was the wealthiest person in Mexico, with an estimated net worth of 87.8 billion U.S. dollars, followed by German Larrea Mota Velasco (No. 2, $25.5 billion), Ricardo Salinas Pliego (No. 3, $10.7 billion); and Alejandro Bailleres Gual (No. 4, $7.2 billion). Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala is...

As of  March 20, 2023, Jay Y. Lee was the wealthiest person in South Korea, with an estimated net worth of 8.0 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Seo Jung-jin (No. 2, $5.9 billion),  Kim Beom-su  (No. 3, $5.3 billion); and Kwon Hyuk-bin (No. 4, $5.2 billion). Hong Ra-hee is the fifth-richest person...

As of March 20, 2023, Stefan Persson was the wealthiest person in Sweden, with an estimated net worth of 15.7 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Melker Schorling (No. 2, $9.8 billion), Antonia Ax:son Johnson  (No. 3, $9.2 billion); and Finn Rausing  (No. 4, $8.9 billion). Kirsten Rausing is the fifth-richest person in...

As of March 20, 2023, Gianluigi Aponte was the wealthiest person in Switzerland, with an estimated net worth of 31.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Ernesto Bertarelli (No. 2, $9.4 billion), Ivan Glasenberg (No. 3, $8.4 billion); and Guillaume Pousaz  (No. 4, $7.2 billion). Magdalena Martullo-Blocher is the fifth-richest person in Switzerland, with a...