= Shel Kaphan
{c}
First <Amazon> hire, wrote and led the team that wrote v1.
He looks like an older and more experienced dude compared to Bezos at the time.
Bibliography:
. https://www.geekwire.com/2011/meet-shel-kaphan-amazoncom-employee-1/2/ also mentions that unlike California, there's no sales tax in the state of Washington, which is important for selling books.
* a few mentions at: <video Jeff Bezos presentation at MIT (2002)>
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM0CcJ7Kjoc]
{title=Shel Kaphan interview by Internet History Podcast (2015)}
\Video[https://youtu.be/tJX5pfswHFI?t=20]
{title=Amazon.com Continues to Grow by NBC 15 (2014)}
{description=Features short excerpt of filmed interview with Shel.}
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{title=Shel Kaphan}
{description=TODO year. Presumably more or less close to publishing date of source at 2020.}
{source=https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/13/21136126/amazon-first-employee-shel-kaphan-big-tech-regulation}