But for some, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s expression of gratitude went over like a lead rocket.
“I want to thank every Amazon employee, and every Amazon customer because you guys paid for all this,” the 57-year-old said during a news conference after becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride in his own spacecraft.
Mr Bezos built Amazon into a shopping and entertainment behemoth but has faced increasing activism within his own workforce and rising pressure from critics to improve working conditions.
Jeff Bezos is awarded his Blue Origin-made astronaut wings by former NASA astronaut Jeff Ashby after the flight (Tony Gutierrez/AP)
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