Amazon founder airlifted out for emergency treatment of kidney stone issue, according to local media. January 4, 2014 2:53 PM PST Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. (Credit: Dan Farber/CNET) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was evacuated out of the Galapagos Islands by the Ecuadoran Navy after suffering a kidney stone attack, according to local newspaper reports The Internet billionaire was flown by navy helicopter from Academy Bay in Santa Cruz Island to a private jet on Baltra Island, according to a report in TEXTHEREEl Comercio. Bezos, who was on a sightseeing cruise in the area, was then flown to the US for emergency treatment, according to a report in El Universo. CNET has contacted Amazon for more information and will update this report when we learn more.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Amazon founder airlifted out for emergency treatment of kidney stone issue, according to local media.
January 4, 2014 2:53 PM PST
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
(Credit: Dan Farber/CNET)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was evacuated out of the Galapagos Islands by the Ecuadoran Navy after suffering a kidney stone attack, according to local newspaper reports
The Internet billionaire was flown by navy helicopter from Academy Bay in Santa Cruz Island to a private jet on Baltra Island, according to a report in TEXTHEREEl Comercio. Bezos, who was on a sightseeing cruise in the area, was then flown to the US for emergency treatment, according to a report in El Universo.
CNET has contacted Amazon for more information and will update this report when we learn more.
