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I didn't realize this either, so I looked up her wikipedia page: "In 1993, Scott and Bezos were married, and in 1994, they both left D. E. Shaw, moved to Seatt
by mushufasa 6y ago
I didn't realize this either, so I looked up her wikipedia page:
"In 1993, Scott and Bezos were married, and in 1994, they both left D. E. Shaw, moved to Seattle, and started Amazon. Scott was one of Amazon's first employees, and was heavily involved in Amazon's early days, working on the company's name, business plan, accounts and shipping early orders.[4][8] She also negotiated the company's first freight contract.[8] When Amazon began to succeed, Scott took a less involved role in the business, preferring to focus on her family and literary career.[4]"
- andreilys 6y agoScott was one of Amazon's first employees Employee != co-founder. I don’t think anyone thinks of Mackenzie as an Amazon co-founder (nor have I read anywhere other than this editorialized title). That’s not to play down her involvement and contribution to Amazon in its early days, but it’s disingenuous to call her a co-founder.
- dominotw 6y ago> but it’s disingenuous to call her a co-founder. looks like the submitter called here that, possibly to create a flamewar like this.
- Wolfenstein98k 6y agoHer Wiki was recently changed to call her that too.
- renewiltord 6y agoSeems like an irrelevant thing to argue about. The submitter clearly set it up to create engagement on the submission. I hate to have to participate and therefore perpetuate it but we're all suckers for having reacted to the bait like this. Maybe knowing we're suckers will stop us from being suckers the next time a submitter pulls this.
- casefields 6y agoThis happens on Reddit too. If you post something slightly incorrect or even a misspelling, it'll give it that first flurry of engagement which gives it a better chance of striking gold.