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Executive OÇcers and Directors
The following tables set forth certain information regarding our Executive OÇcers and Directors as of
January 19, 2003:
Executive OÇcers
Name Age Position
JeÅrey P. Bezos ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 39 President, Chief Executive OÇcer and Chairman
of the Board
Richard L. Dalzell ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 45 Senior Vice President, Worldwide Architecture
and Platform Software and Chief Information
OÇcer
Mark S. Peek ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 45 Vice President and Chief Accounting OÇcer
Diego Piacentini ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 42 Senior Vice President, Worldwide Retail and
Marketing
Thomas J. SzkutakÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 42 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
OÇcer
JeÅrey A. Wilke ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 36 Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations
and Customer Service
L. Michelle WilsonÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 39 Senior Vice President, Human Resources,
General Counsel and Secretary
JeÅrey P. Bezos. Mr. Bezos has been Chairman of the Board of Amazon.com since founding it in
1994 and Chief Executive OÇcer since May 1996. Mr. Bezos served as President from founding until June
1999 and again from October 2000 to the present.
Richard L. Dalzell. Mr. Dalzell has served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Architecture and
Platform Software, and Chief Information OÇcer since November 2001. From October 2000 until
November 2001, Mr. Dalzell was Senior Vice President and Chief Information OÇcer and prior to that,
from joining Amazon.com in August 1997 until October 2000, he was Vice President and Chief
Information OÇcer.
Mark S. Peek. Mr. Peek has served as Vice President and Chief Accounting OÇcer since July 2002.
From November 2000 to July 2002, he served as Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, and
from April 2000 to November 2000, he served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting OÇcer.
Prior to joining Amazon.com, Mr. Peek was an audit partner with Deloitte & Touche.
Diego Piacentini. Mr. Piacentini has served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Retail and
Marketing, since November 2001. From joining Amazon.com in February 2000 until November 2001,
Mr. Piacentini was Senior Vice President and General Manager, International. Prior to joining
Amazon.com, Mr. Piacentini was Vice President and General Manager, Europe, of Apple Computer, Inc.,
with responsibility for Apple Computer's operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Thomas J. Szkutak. Mr. Szkutak has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial OÇcer
since November 2002. Previously, Mr. Szkutak held a variety of positions at General Electric Co.,
including Chief Financial OÇcer of GE Lighting from September 2001 to September 2002, Finance
Director of GE Plastics Europe from March 1999 to September 2001, and Executive Vice President Ì
Finance of GE Asset Management (formerly known as GE Investments) from May 1997 to March 1999.
JeÅrey A. Wilke. Mr. Wilke has served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations and
Customer Service, since January 2002. From October 2000 until January 2002, Mr. Wilke was Senior Vice
President, Operations, and prior to that he had been Vice President and General Manager, Operations,
since joining Amazon.com in September 1999. Previously, Mr. Wilke held a variety of positions at
AlliedSignal, including Vice President and General Manager of the Pharmaceutical Fine Chemicals unit
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