Tech companies sloughed off the criticism in a new Congressional report. In the week through October 9, Tesla CEO Elon Musk was the second biggest gainer, up $3.5 billion.
in response to the news that President Donald Trump and a number of his staffers had been diagnosed with Covid-19—and despite a newly released investigation from the U.S. House of Representatives that was highly critical of the country’s four biggest tech companies.
The uptick in Amazon stock added $8.8 billion to the fortune of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, from after the markets closed on Friday, October 2 through the end of day on Friday, October 9. His ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, got $3 billion richer this week thanks to her 4% Amazon stake.
UNSPECIFIED - JUNE 24: In this screengrab, Bill Gates speaks during All In WA: A Concert For COVID-19 Relief on June 24, 2020 in Washington. that Microsoft has also joined a growing list of companies, including Facebook and Twitter, that are making work from home a permanent fixture. The company will allow most employees to work remotely for less than half of their work week. Gates ended the week $2.1 billion richer, while Ballmer was up $2.6 billion.
, citing a lack of meaningful competition. The electric car company’s stock closed Friday at $434 a share.debuted its driverless taxi service
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