PITTSBURGH — In his 22 years at Amazon, including his role as the first CEO of the company’s Worldwide Consumer business, Jeff Wilke always kept the place he was raised,… Read More
The news: Cloud Paper, the Seattle startup that makes toilet paper and paper towels from bamboo in an effort to slow deforestation, has raised $5 million in new funding. Big-name… Read More
Former Amazon leader Jeff Wilke is among the investors in a new digital advertising company operating as a subsidiary of CivicScience, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based consumer intelligence startup. The new company,… Read More
Jeff Wilke did something unusual when he left his role as Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer CEO in March, after more than two decades with the company: he learned to code in… Read More
When Jeff Wilke, the former CEO of Amazon Consumer Worldwide, made the surprise announcement in August that he was leaving, he said he felt it was time to do something… Read More
In March, Jeff Wilke quietly stepped away from Amazon, the company he was instrumental in building from an online book retailer to one of the most valuable and influential corporations… Read More
— Jeff Wilke, the former CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, has joined Scale AI as advisor to the CEO. Founded in 2016, the San Francisco startup helps companies develop and… Read More
Jeff Wilke, the flannel-wearing CEO of Amazon’s vast consumer business, has been described as a natural business leader and the most important executive at the company over the past decade.… Read More
Amazon executive Jeff Wilke, long considered a leading candidate to succeed Jeff Bezos as CEO, is leaving the company. Wilke, the CEO of Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer business, will step down… Read More
It was an inspiring first day at the 2019 GeekWire Summit. We heard Monday from leaders in technology, business, government, health care and more. And we heard from some of… Read More
Amazon is embarking on a $700 million effort to retrain its U.S. workforce, in a high-profile acknowledgment of the impact of technology and automation on jobs and the workforce. The… Read More
Fernish, the furniture rental startup from Los Angeles that recently expanded to Seattle, just got a big jolt of fresh cash to continue growing. Fernish landed a $30 million round… Read More
Building a successful company is hard enough. Being able to avoid becoming a large bureaucratic organization that stops innovating in the face of competition — that’s a different ball game.… Read More
Amazon has publicly addressed its relationship with the United States Postal Service for the first time since President Donald Trump recently escalated his criticism of the e-commerce giant dealings with the… Read More
Amazon has selected 20 cities to move to the next phase in its HQ2 selection process, the latest twist in an unprecedented headquarters search that has turned into a national… Read More
Update Oct 11, 2 p.m: Amazon sent GeekWire this statement regarding its HQ2 search: “We will give serious consideration to every HQ2 proposal we receive from across North America, including from communities… Read More
Amazon Prime members can expect to get some deals when they shop at Whole Foods. Jeff Wilke, CEO of Worldwide Consumer at Amazon, spoke at the GeekWire Summit in Seattle… Read More
Seattle, don’t take Amazon’s search for a second headquarters personally. The company’s CEO of Worldwide Consumer Jeff Wilke said at the 2017 GeekWire Summit that Amazon now has 50,000 people… Read More
One of Amazon’s traditions is the “6-pager,” a detailed memo read silently at the outset of an internal meeting to get everyone on the same page, literally. This has been… Read More
Pittsburgh was Mister Rogers’ neighborhood, but a couple key connections could make it a front runner to become Mr. Bezos’ second neighborhood. Some of Amazon’s top executives have close ties… Read More
Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey was over-the-moon about the company’s pending acquisition by Amazon in a town hall meeting with employees after the $13.7 billion deal was announced on… Read More
Amazon.com is changing the titles for the top bosses who run two of the company’s most lucrative business units. The company today announced that longtime execs Andy Jassy and Jeff… Read More
Jeff Wilke, the head of Amazon’s consumer business, spoke to Seattle business leaders on Monday, the first major public appearance by a high-ranking company executive since a widely-read New York… Read More
We’re back with a new episode of the GeekWire radio show, with highlights from a busy week in the world of technology. First, we get a peek into Amazon’s inner circle, discussing… Read More
As the head of Amazon.com’s massive consumer business, Jeff Wilke has an all-consuming job, building the company’s selection of products and making sure everything arrives on time. But Wilke, who… Read More
Amazon.com senior vice president Jeff Wilke — like all top execs at the online retailing powerhouse — spends a lot of time reading. As part of the company’s unusual culture,… Read More
Students and faculty at Seattle University got a rare glimpse inside the world of Amazon.com on Tuesday night as Jeff Wilke — the senior vice president of consumer business —… Read More