Former Amazon executive who was once Jeff Bezos’ ‘shadow’ joins online events start-up Hopin
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/26/hopin-hires-former-amazon-exec-who-was-once-jeff-bezos-shadow-advisor.html?recirc=taboolainternal
- Wei Gao, a former Amazon executive, is joining London-based online events start-up Hopin as its chief operating officer.
- From July 2018 to January 2020, Gao was a “shadow advisor” to Amazon founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos.
- Hopin, which was founded only two years ago, was recently valued at $7.75 billion after raising $450 million in fresh funding.
![Wei Gao, a former Amazon executive, is joining U.K. virtual events start-up Hopin as its chief operating officer.](https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/106933433-1629963126284-WeiGao_HeadShot_HiRes.jpg?v=1629964423&w=929&h=523)