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Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar... by perfmode on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @09:02PM (#24427822)
what % of the votes?
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Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar... by tedunangst on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @09:07PM (#24427845)
11.1%.
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Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar... by granzymes on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @10:08PM (#24428210)
All of Amazon's shares have the same number of votes.
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Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar... by moonchild on Thursday September 10, 2020 @12:49AM (#24428989)
Amazon has non-voting shares.

Source: know someone who worked there. Bonuses were paid in the form of non-voting shares.

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Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar... by dubbel on Thursday September 10, 2020 @05:10AM (#24430333)
Maybe they were talking about options? You don't get voting rights by having options, you need to execute the options in order to get shares (and voting rights, in Amazons case).
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