WASHINGTON ― The Economic Club of Washington threw a party for Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, on Thursday night in the fancy hotel ballroom that also hosts the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Economic Club president and billionaire private equity investor David Rubenstein interviewed Bezos on a stage for the benefit of lesser rich people who’d paid to attend. Bezos owns Amazon, one of the biggest and most controversial companies in America, but the Economic Club exists for business boosterism, not the public interest. You know, it is distinctive.”“How come you decided to go to Princeton?”“Where did the name Amazon come from? Rubenstein did note that Trump has criticized Bezos, Amazon and The Washington Post, which Bezos also owns.

Source: Huffington Post September 14, 2018 19:41 UTC