About
Tom Taylor is President and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund. He previously spent 22 years at Amazon as a Senior Vice President and member of the CEO's Senior Team, where he led initiatives in global operations, e-commerce services, and artificial intelligence. Taylor holds dual master's degrees in management and mechanical engineering from MIT, as well as a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech.
Experience
- Bezos Earth FundPresident and CEOcurrent2025 — presentWashington DC-Baltimore Area
- @EaseRelaxed2022 — 2025
- AmazonSVP, Amazon Alexa2017 — 2023Seattle, Washington
- AmazonSVP, Sellers Services - Amazon Payments and FBA2000 — 2017Seattle
- K2 SportsDirector of Operations1995 — 2000
- Delphi Automotive SystemsEngineer1984 — 1994
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMasters, Engineering1989 — 1991
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementMBA, Operations1989 — 1991
- Virginia TechBS, Mechanical Engineering1980 — 1984
Skills & more
Management17Operational Excellence6Leadership9Strategy6FinTech13E-commerce67Payments10Product Management54Executive Management6Global Leadership6Cross-functional Team Leadership46P&L Management1
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Six SigmaStrategic PartnershipsAnalyticsProduct DevelopmentStart-upsAgile MethodologiesBusiness StrategyProgram ManagementEntrepreneurshipSaaSCloud ComputingDistributed SystemsFrom Tom's professional profile.
Colleagues at Bezos Earth Fund
Adrienne Schmoeker
Senior Program Officer at Bezos Earth Fund
Alex Paige
Program Associate, Energy & Innovation at Bezos Earth Fund
Alexa Kleysteuber
Associate Director, Materials and Manufacturing Innovation at Bezos Earth Fund
Ally Friedman
Program Officer, Energy and Industry at Bezos Earth Fund
Amanda Eichel
Director, Equitable Urban Solutions at Bezos Earth Fund
Andy Jarvis
Director of Future of Food at Bezos Earth Fund
Anna Hedlund
Program Engagement Manager at Bezos Earth Fund
Arun Majumdar
Advisor, Energy Technology at Bezos Earth Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Tom Taylor work?
- Tom Taylor is President and CEO at Bezos Earth Fund.
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,280
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
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Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management488
Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsChris MorrisProcess Specialist, Exit Readiness at Mayfair Equity PartnersBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorOlaInvestor at Investinor
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Also attended Virginia Tech99
Rashad AssirContent at Redpoint VenturesJoseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Tim GuleriInvestor at Sierra VenturesCurry RobertsPresident, Fredericksburg Regional Alliance at Riphean InvestmentsSamantha MoskettiSenior Manager, Knowledge Sharing at JMI EquityMichelle KincaidVP, Marketing & Platforms at Ballistic Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Amazon609
Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaEduardo BlasiAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment Group
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Also worked at K2 Sports1
Also worked at Delphi Automotive Systems10
Juan FigueroaLead Backend Engineer at Struck CapitalAntonio LückInvestor at MatterScale VenturesMartin DoberManaging Director at ID VenturesLuka TomljenovicPartner at Radius Capital VenturesScott StankiewiczVenture Partner at REFASHIOND VenturesDawid BieńkowskiHuman Capital Partner / Managing Partner for Value Creation at Warsaw Equity Group
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