Clive history

In June 1998 it began selling CDs, and later that year it added videos.

In 1999 Bezos added auctions to the site and invested in other virtual stores.

As more companies battled for Internet dollars, Bezos saw the need to diversify, and by 2005 Amazon offered a vast array of products, including consumer electronics, apparel, and hardware.

In 2006, he leased his mines to Chinese government-owned – CITIC Ltd. worth $2.8 billion in today’s money, including royalties on any ore produced.

In late 2007 Amazon released a new handheld reading device called the Kindle, a digital book reader with wireless Internet connectivity, enabling customers to purchase, download, read, and store a vast selection of books on demand.

Clive Palmer bought Gold Coast United in 2008, also opened a dinosaur park called Palmersaurus.

Clive Palmer later acquired Queensland Nickel and the Palmer Nickel and Cobalt Refinery in 2009.

Amazon announced in 2010 that sales of Kindle books had surpassed those of hardcover books.

In 2012, he announced his grand plan to resurrect the doomed ship – Titanic.

In 2013, he resurrected the United Australia Party, naming it to Palmer United Party, and later won the Sunshine Coast seat of Fairfax in the Australian federal elections.

Palmer United earned a third seat in an April 2014 special election.

In 2016, Clive Community Services was launched to provide food, clothing and limited healthcare to low-income residents.

Bezos’s net worth was calculated in 2018 at $112 billion, making him the richest person in the world.

The couple announced in January 2019 that they were divorcing, and the following day the National Enquirer printed a story revealing that Bezos was having an affair with another woman.

Available at: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/powis-castle-and-garden/features/the-clive-museum-at-powis (Accessed 3 November 2020).