Corporate Information: Amazon.com, Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc:

Amazon.com, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 in the state of Washington and reincorporated in 1996 in the state of Delaware. The company's principal corporate offices are located in Seattle, Washington. The company completed its initial public offering in May 1997 and its common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “AMZN.” Amazon.com opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995.

Executive Officers and Directors:

Executive Officers:


NameAgePosition
Jeffrey P. Bezos54President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board
Jeffrey M. Blackburn48Senior Vice President, Business Development
Andrew R. Jassy50CEO Amazon Web Services
Brian T. Olsavsky54Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Shelley L. Reynolds53Vice President, Worldwide Controller, and Principal Accounting Officer
Jeffrey A. Wilke51CEO Worldwide Consumer
David A. Zapolsky54Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary

Board of Directors:


NameAgePosition
Jeffrey P. Bezos54President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board
Tom A. Alberg77Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group
John Seely Brown77Advisor to the Provost, University of Southern California
Jamie S. Gorelick67Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Daniel P. Huttenlocher59Dean and Vice Provost, Cornell Tech at Cornell University
Judith A. McGrath65President, Astronauts Wanted * No experience necessary
Jonathan J. Rubinstein61Former co-CEO, Bridgewater Associates, LP
Thomas O. Ryder73Retired, Former Chairman, Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.
Patricia Q. Stonesifer61President and Chief Executive Officer, Martha’s Table
Wendell P. Weeks58Chief Executive Officer, Corning Incorporated

About Jeffrey Preston Bezos (Jeff Bezos):

DOB: 12 January 1964, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Parents: Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen and Ted Jorgensen
Education: River Oaks Elementary School in Houston from fourth to sixth grade. Then studied at  Miami Palmetto High School. He attended the Student Science Training Program at the University of Florida where he received a Silver Knight Award in 1982. He was high school valedictorian and a National Merit Scholar. In 1986, he graduated from Princeton University with a 4.2-grade point average and Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and computer science and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Career:
He first worked at Fitel, a financial telecommunications start-up. He transitioned into the banking industry when he became a product manager at Bankers Trust; he worked there from 1988 to 1990. He then joined D. E. Shaw & Co, a newly founded hedge fund, in 1990 and worked there until 1994.
In late 1993, Bezos decided to start an online bookstore, named his new company "Amazon" after the Amazon River in South America. He accepted an estimated $300,000 from his parents and invested in Amazon.

NetWorth as of October 12, 2018:
Due to Mr. Bezos’ substantial stock ownership, he believes he is appropriately incentivized and his interests are appropriately aligned with shareholders’ interests. Mr. Bezos has never received any stock-based compensation from Amazon

Stake in Amazon(US$)(US$ Billion)
Shares (16.3%)Amazon Share PriceValue of his Stake
78,893,0331788.61141.11

Compensation:

YearSalary (US$)All Other CompensationTotal
201781,8401,600,0001,681,840
201681,8401,600,0001,681,840
201581,8401,600,0001,681,840


All other compensation represents the approximate aggregate incremental cost to Amazon of security arrangements for Mr. Bezos in addition to security arrangements provided at business facilities and for business travel.


Source:
https://ir.aboutamazon.com/static-files/3af60b72-8be7-4dad-aef9-dd87b94a60f0
https://ir.aboutamazon.com/static-files/917130c5-e6bf-4790-a7bc-cc43ac7fb30a


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