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A number of companies have been started and founded by former Amazon.com employees.
Entrepreneurship by former employees
* Evri was led by Neil Roseman, a former VP at Amazon.com
* Foodista was founded by Barnaby Dorfman
* Hulu is led by Jason Kilar, a former SVP at Amazon.com
* Jambool/SocialGold was co-founded by former Amazon engineers Vikas Gupta and Reza Hussein
* Quora was co-founded by ex-Amazon (and Facebook) engineer Charlie Cheever
* TeachStreet was founded by Dave Schappell, an early Amazon.com product manager
* Trusera was founded by Keith Schorsch, an early Amazonian
* Pelago was co-founded by Jeff Holden, a former SVP at Amazon.com and Darren Vengroff, a former Principal Engineer
* Wikinvest was founded by Michael Sha
* Benguela was founded by Chris Pinkham and Willem Von Biljon (they previously built Amazon EC2)