Amazon.com appoints Scott Cook to its board of directors

Jan. 16, 1997-- Amazon.com, earth's biggest bookstore, announced that Scott D. Cook, co-founder and chairman of Intuit, Inc., has been appointed to its board of directors.

"We are delighted and honored to have Scott Cook join the Amazon.com board of directors. No one is better at using technology to serve customers than Scott Cook," said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. "His experience building the preeminent financial software company in the face of fierce competition will be of great benefit to Amazon.com. "

Since co-founding Intuit in 1983, Cook has been responsible for driving Intuit's strategy to improve the financial lives of consumers, small businesses and financial providers. Intuit develops and markets Quicken, the leading personal finance software; TurboTax, the best-selling tax preparation software; QuickBooks, the most popular small business accounting software; and Quicken Financial Network (http://www.qfn.com), where people can access the best the Web offers in financial information, news, products and services.

Prior to co-founding Intuit, Mr. Cook was a consultant for Bain & Company, a strategy consulting firm, and a brand manager for Procter & Gamble. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and economics from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Harvard University.

Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, Amazon.com, Inc. is headquartered in Seattle and is privately held. Amazon.com is the leading bookstore on the Web, with the world's largest selection of books. The Internet-only bookstore offers a catalog of 1.1 million titles, easy-to-search and browse features, e-mail services, Web-based credit card payment and direct shipping to customers. Amazon.com's name pays homage to the Amazon River. Just as the Amazon River is more than six times the size of the next largest river in the world, Amazon.com's catalog is more than six times the size of the largest conventional bookstore. -0-

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