Press Release: Amazon’s Chief Financial Officer to Retire in Summer of 2015
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 3, 2014-- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that Thomas J. Szkutak, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from the company in June 2015. Mr. Szkutak has been Amazon's CFO since joining the company in October 2002 and oversees the controller, treasury, investor relations, tax, internal audit and facilities functions as well as financial management of the company's business units. Brian T. Olsavsky, Vice President of Finance for the company's global consumer business, will succeed Mr. Szkutak as CFO, reporting to Jeffrey P. Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon. Messrs. Szkutak and Olsavsky will work together to conduct a seamless transition of CFO responsibilities over the next 10 months.