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| Maria Renz | |
Noting that for more than 15 years, "one role at Amazon has stood out as perhaps the most coveted: Jeff Bezos's 'shadow,' who acts as an adviser to the CEO, sitting by his side in daily meetings and serving as a sounding board on big decisions," Re/code reported that Bezos recently named 15-year Amazon veteran Maria Renz as technical adviser to the CEO. Renz was most recently CEO of Quidsi, the parent company of Diapers.com, acquired by Amazon in 2011. She replaces former Kindle v-p Jay Marine, who will be heading up Amazon Instant Video in Europe.
Re/code noted that while the appointment of Renz, the first woman to hold the title, "is noteworthy, it also shines a light on the dearth of women in the senior-most roles at Amazon and, more broadly, in the executive ranks of many leading technology companies today. Amazon has seven executive officers in addition to Jeff Bezos and only one, worldwide controller Shelley Reynolds, is a woman."