UJeff Bezos uceba ukuthengisa ubuncinci i-1 yezigidigidi zesitokhwe saseAmazon ukuze axhase inkampani yakhe yendawo, iBlue Origin.UBrent Lewis / iDenver Post ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty Umntu osisityebi emhlabeni uJeff Bezos uyaziwa ngokutyala yonke isenti efunyenwe kwishishini ebuyela kuye kwaye uye waduma wathi sisixhobo semfihlo esenziweyo IAmazon i-e-commerce behemoth namhlanje. Kodwa mva nje, ibillionaire ebonakala ngathi ikwelinye icala, ikhupha ii-equity zakhe zeAmazon ngesantya esingaqhelekanga.
Kule veki kuphela, iBezos ithengise phantse izabelo ezisisigidi, okanye i-1.8 yezigidigidi zeedola, kwisitokhwe saseAmazon, iseti yeefilitha ze-SEC NgoLwesithathu ebusuku kutyhilwe. Yayiyeyona mali yakhe inkulu yokurhola kwimali yaseAmazon. Emva kweerhafu, uya kubambisa malunga ne-1.4 yezigidigidi zeerandi, nge Forbes ‘Ukubala.
Ukuthengisa akukhange kuyitshintshe i-net ye-Bezos, kodwa yamnika imali eninzi yokwenza ezinye izinto.
IAmazon ayiphendulanga kummeli obuza ukuba esi sithori semali siza kuya phi. Indawo ekuyiwa kuyo iya kuba yinkampani yokuhlola indawo yaseBezos, iBlue Origin, efuna ngokufanelekileyo idosi yenkunzi entsha yokuxhasa iiprojekthi ezininzi zokutshisa imali eziqhubayo.
Ngokungafaniyo ne-SpaceX ka-Elon Musk okanye iVirgin Galactic kaRichard Branson, zombini ezixhaswe ngabatyali-mali bangaphandle, indawo ye-Bezos yendawo ixhaswa ngemali ngokupheleleyo. Kwi-2017, uBezos wathi uceba ukutyala imali eyi- $ 1 yezigidigidi kwinkampani yendawo rhoqo ngonyaka. Ngenxa yokuba uninzi lwethamsanqa laseBezos libotshelelwe kwiAmazon, loo mali kufuneka ivele kwiindawo zakhe zokubamba iAmazon.
Kwi-2017 kunye ne-2018, iBezos ithengise phantse i-2 yezigidi zeedola kwisitokhwe seAmazon kwimicimbi emithathu. Ngalo lonke ixesha uthenga izihlangu, uyanceda ukuxhasa iBlue Origin, enkosi kakhulu. Ndiyayixabisa kakhulu, watsho kubathengi baseAmazon kumsitho owawungoFebruwari.
Imvelaphi eBlue imiselwe ukuba i-rocket yayo entsha yeShepard ekupheleni konyaka, uBezos uthembisile. INew Shepard yirokethi enokuphinda isebenze enamamitha angama-59 ubude enokuthi ithumele abakhenkethi abangabantu kwisithuba se-orbital kwaye ibabuyise.
Enye iprojekhthi ebiza kakhulu kwimisebenzi nguLander Blue lander, eyilelwe ukuthwala ukuya kuthi ga kwi-14,000 yeepawundi zokuhlawula ukuya enyangeni kunye nokwenza umhlaba othambileyo.
Umfaki mhlaba weBlue Moon uza kusetyenziswa kwi-NASA ezayo yokuhlola inyanga. Kule veki, i-NASA ichaze iBlue Origin njengenye yeenkampani zecandelo labucala ezili-13 ezithunyelwe ukuba zisebenzisane kwiprojekthi yokufika kwenyanga ye-2024.
Imvelaphi yeBlue ayiphendulanga kumbuzo woMbonisi malunga nesicwangciso esitsha senkxaso mali yeBezos.
