Werner Vogels

Active Investor

VP & CTO at Amazon

Seattle, Washington

Werner Vogels, VP & CTO at Amazon is an active investor based in Seattle, Washington. This profile covers what Werner Vogels backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Dr. Werner Vogels serves as Chief Technology Officer & Vice President at Amazon.com. He joined Amazon in 2004 from Cornell University, where he was a distributed systems researcher. He has held technology leadership positions in companies that handle the transition of academic technology into industry. He holds a PhD from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and has authored many articles on distributed systems technologies for enterprise computing.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage VenturePre SeedSeed
Invests in: Artificial IntelligenceFintechPaymentsHealthcare & BiotechDigital Health & HealthTechSaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailE-commerce & D2C
Location: Seattle, Washington
Typical check: $250K
Past investments: 4

Notable investments

Proem (Business/Productivity Software)CardcloudStreet FCAmazon.com

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