Groupon Hires Former Amazon Executive As New CFO
Groupon has named former Amazon exec as their new CFO. With this recent leadership acquisition and rumors of additional venture funding, watchers say an IPO is on its way.
Further fueling speculation that a Groupon IPO is imminent, the company announced today that it has named former Amazon VP of Finance Jason Child as the companies new CFO. A longtime employee of Amazon, Child spent years managing the companies Asian financial operations as well as holding the title of director of investor relations.
The news comes hot off the heels of last weeks eye-popping $6 billion acquisition offer from Google that was widely publicized and ultimately rejected by the Groupon, a two year old startup that is considered to be the fastest-growing company ever.
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