Amazon | News, Hiring, Layoffs, Competitors, CEO, Fundraising Insights

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Amazon is a leading e-commerce and technology company based in Seattle, WA, driven by principles of customer obsession, innovation, operational excellence, and long-term thinking. The company offers a wide range of products and services, including retail goods, digital content, and cloud computing through Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon aims to be Earth's most customer-centric company, continually seeking new ways to delight customers and improve their experience.

🛍️ Amazon Product and Pricing News →

👔 Amazon CEO, Management and Leadership Team →

⚔️ Amazon Alternatives and Competitors →

💼 Amazon Hiring and Layoffs →

🤖 Amazon Developer, Integration and Automation News →

📈 Amazon Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News →

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🛍️ Amazon Product and Pricing News

• Amazon launched its new Haul program offering products mostly under $10 to compete with Shein and Temu.
• Amazon has launched a new 'Haul' section offering products under $20, with prices starting at $1, available to US customers through the Amazon app.
• Amazon has launched a telehealth service for Prime members, offering low-cost consultations and medication delivery for various health and lifestyle conditions.
• Amazon received FAA clearance for Prime Air MK30 drone operations beyond visual line of sight, enabling faster deliveries from Tolleson, AZ.
• In September, the US Congress questioned Amazon about its e-commerce partnership with TikTok due to national security concerns.

• Amazon announced that Project Kuiper, their low Earth orbit satellite constellation, aims to revolutionize global internet access.
• Levi's is testing Amazon's Alexa to help shoppers find better fits.

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👔 Amazon CEO, Management and Leadership Team

• Nate Wilhite

  
  Director of Product Management
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• Uday Sandhar

  
  GM, Director
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• Kris Bell

  
  Director of UX
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• Heidi Finn

  
  Senior Director of Product Design
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• Nick Myers

  
  Director of Product Design, Amazon. x-Facebook, Fitbit, Cooper.
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• Akira Wada

  
  Director of Product Management
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• Kevin Burkhart

  
  Director of Product and Marketing for Amazon / Board Member for Boys and Girls Clubs of King County / Wharton Graduate
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• Madelyn Puente

  
  Director, Amazon Business Payments
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• Miranda Chen

  
  Director & Technical Advisor
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• Col Needham

  
  Founder & CEO, IMDb (an Amazon subsidiary since April 1998)
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• Giovanni Foglietta

  
  Chief of Staff
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• Hang Nguyen-Grove

  
  Director, Chief Engineer
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• Ganesh Rao

  
  Vice President, Amazon Fresh International
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• Rajiv Mehta

  
  Vice President
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• Piers Heaton-Armstrong

  
  Vice President Advertising Europe
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• George Dikos

  
  Vice President, Operations
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• Aaron Martin

  
  Vice President Healthcare
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• Viraj Chatterjee

  
  Vice President and GM
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• Andy Jassy

  
  President and CEO
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• Ronaldo Mouchawar

  
  CEO of souq.com & VP Amazon Middle East, Africa and Turkey
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• Cynthia Koenig

  
  Founder + CEO
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• Stephen Duprey

  
  CFO, Amazon's Project Kuiper
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• Ramy Ebeid

  
  CFO, EU Prime and Marketing
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• Anton Malmygin

  
  CFO Amazon France || ex
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• Vishal Bansal

  
  VP & CFO International Operations
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• Maritza Martinez-Smith

  
  CFO
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• Katrin Kleiser

  
  CFO Amazon Germany || ex
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• Kapil Hathi

  
  CFO
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• John Felton

  
  Senior Vice President, CFO Amazon Web Services
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• Amir Maya

  
  COO / Product Owner
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• Stinie Rosario

  
  Co-Founder, COO
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• Abira Chatterjee

  
  COO/ Director
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• Abdel Rahman Alzubi

  
  Coo
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⚔️ Amazon Alternatives and Competitors

• Walmart
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• Target
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• Costco
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• Facebook Marketplace
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• Alibaba
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• JD
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• Otto
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• eBay
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• Flipkart
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• Netflix

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💼 Amazon Hiring and Layoffs

• Tony Hoggett has left Amazon, where he served as SVP Worldwide Grocery Stores in the United States, to join Wonder as Chief Operating Officer.
• Amazon is currently hiring for the position of Sr. Risk Manager, Global Food and Product Safety in the United States.
• Amazon is currently hiring for the position of Senior Economist, Global Talent Management and Compensation in the United States.
• Miguel Rodrigues has joined Amazon as Principal Product Manager - Prime Video, Global App Experience, after serving as Senior Vice President of Product Management at Ultraleap.
• Amazon is currently hiring for the position of Sr. Security TPM in the United States.

• Amazon is hiring Data Engineers for their Denied Party Screening team in Seattle to design scalable data infrastructure and prevent unauthorized transactions.

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🤖 Amazon Developer, Integration and Automation News

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📈 Amazon Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News

• Amazon is investing $110 million in an AI research initiative called Build on Trainium, providing universities with access to AWS Trainium chips and high-performance computing to advance machine learning research.
• In 2023, Amazon invested over €1 billion in Luxembourg, supporting more than 6,000 indirect jobs and contributing €758 million to the country's GDP.

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