If the Alibaba founder does acquire the Morning Post — which at one time was the most profitable newspaper in the world — he would be following in the footsteps of
other billionaire tech moguls such as Jeff Bezos, the Amazon (AMZN) founder and CEO who acquired The Washington Post for $ 250 million in 2013.
Not exact matches
But as Facebook has taken it on the chin over the way it has handled the personal information of its users, the leaders of
other tech companies have demonstrated that even in publicity - hungry Silicon Valley, it is entirely possible for
billionaire executives and their sprawling empires to keep a low profile.
Other tech billionaires who have donated to public health include Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates through Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Near the end of an hours - long House hearing Wednesday in which
other lawmakers took turns bashing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for allowing privacy invasions, Collins spent four minutes «liking» the
tech billionaire and much of what he did in two days of congressional testimony.
High - profile CEOs,
tech billionaires and various
other «very high profile» individuals are among its members.
Offering one of the most scenic outlooks in all of Northern California, Pacific Heights is home to
Billionaire's Row, featuring the estates of politicians,
tech titans and
other San Francisco celebrities (includes Mrs. Doubtfire house!)
It was the question members of the Television Critics Association asked repeatedly of cast members, including Emily VanCamp (Emily Thorne), Gabriel Mann (ambisexual
tech billionaire Nolan Ross), Connor Paolo (Declan Porter) and Josh Bowman (Daniel Grayson), among
others, as well as creator Mike Kelley.
Similarly, socially - minded financial backers of those and
other food -
tech start - ups — such as Beyond Meat, Modern Meadow, Unreal Candy, Nu - Tek Salt and Bright Farms — include Microsoft's Bill Gates, Peter Thiel of Founders Fund, Hong Kong
billionaire Li Ka - shing's Horizons Ventures, and twin brothers and serial investors Ali and Hadi Partovi.