ClaimsJeff Bezos

“Next year I will invest just over a billion dollars in that program.”

Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin founder, at conference 20 September 2018 Full transcript: Jeff Bezos shares Amazon management wisdom (GeekWire) archived copy

Promise Their own work or organisation

Bezos said that next year (2019) he would invest just over a billion dollars in "that program", which the quote does not name.

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Reasoning

Bezos's private investment amount in Blue Origin in 2019 is not publicly itemized.

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Jeff Bezos, “Bezos said that next year (2019) he would invest just over a billion dollars in "that program", which the quote does not name.” (said 20 September 2018). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_52be050b967a, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_52be050b967a

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