New York (CNN Business) In an explosive tell-all blog post published Thursday afternoon, Jeff Bezos accused the publisher of the National Enquirer of trying to extort him. Bezos revealed in the post , published on Medium, what he said was the full text of emails his representatives got from executives with AMI, the publisher of the National Enquirer. Amazon AMZN Bezos, the billionaire founder and CEO of, alleged that AMI threatened to release compromising photos of him and published what he said were emails from AMI detailing what he described as "extortion and blackmail." Bezos, the world's richest person, is the single largest shareholder in Amazon, with 16% of the company's stock. Or at least that's what the top people at the National Enquirer thought.

Source: CNN February 08, 2019 00:29 UTC