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Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon...
what % of the votes?
tedunangst
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11.1%.
granzymes
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All of Amazon's shares have the same number of votes.
moonchild
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Amazon has non-voting shares.
Source: know someone who worked there. Bonuses were paid in the form of non-voting shares.
dubbel
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Maybe they were talking about options? You don't get voting rights by having options, you need to execute the options in order to get shares (and voting rights, in Amazons case).
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