Management Team.
Jeffrey P. Bezos.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board .
In 1994, Jeffrey Bezos founded Amazon.com, Inc., now the leading online retailer that offers services which traditional retailers cannot: lower prices, authoritative selection, and a wealth of product information. Before heading West to start Amazon.com, Jeff worked at the intersection of computer science and finance, helping build one of the most technically sophisticated quantitative hedge funds on Wall Street for D. E. Shaw & Co. He also led the development of computer systems that helped manage more than $250 Billion in assets for Bankers Trust Company. .
He graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University in 1986. .
Mark J. Britto.
Senior Vice President, World Wide Services, Sales and Business Development .
Mr. Britto has served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Service Sales and Business Development since November 2001. From February 2001 until November 2001, Mr.Britto was Senior Vice President, Cross-Site Merchandising. From October 1994 through October 1998, Mr.Britto was Executive Vice President of Credit Policy at FirstUSA Bank, where he was responsible for their credit risk management practice. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President of Risk Management at Nations Bank. .
Mr. Britto received an M.S. in Operations Research and B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley. .
Rick Dalzell.
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Architecture & Platform Software, and Chief Information Officer .
Mr. Dalzell has served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Architecture & Platform Software, and Chief Information Officer since November 2001. From October 2000 until November 2001, Mr. Dalzell was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer and prior to that, from joining Amazon.com in August 1997 until October 2000, he was Vice President and Chief Information Officer.
