>> David Streitfeld, The New York Times Published: 25 Jul 2021 11:05 AM BdST Updated: 25 Jul 2021 11:05 AM BdST As the world reeled, tech titans supplied the tools that made life and work possible. Now the companies are awash in money — and questions about what it means to win amid so much loss. (Nicolas Ortega/The New York Times) In April 2020, with 2,000 Americans dying every day of COVID-19, Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive and the world’s richest man, announced he was focusing on people rather than profits. Amazon would spend about $4 billion in the next few months “providing for customers and protecting employees,” he said, wiping out the profit the retailer would have made without the virus.