Amazon Ring CEO steps down five years after acquisition
Publishing timestamp: 2023-03-01 13:33:57
Summary
Jamie Siminoff, CEO of Amazon subsidiary Ring, is stepping down from role on March 22 and will be replaced by Elizabeth Hamren, who most recently served as COO of chat app Discord. Amazon acquired Ring for reported $1 billion in 2018. Ring has drawn criticism from privacy and civil liberties advocates over controversial partnership with thousands of police departments across country. Ring in 2021 began requiring police to make requests for videos or information public in Neighbors app.
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Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/01/amazon-ring-ceo-steps-down-five-years-after-acquisition.html