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Departing Amazon exec Dave Clark to head logistics startup Flexport



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Dave Clark, the former Amazon consumer chief, will take over as CEO of freight forwarding and customs brokerage startup Flexport starting September 1, 2022.
Clark resigned from his role as CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer division on Friday. His last day at the big tech company will be July 1, after which time he’ll join Flexport as co-CEO alongside current leader Ryan Petersen. Petersen, who founded the $8 billion-valued supply chain startup in 2013, will step into an executive chairman role six months after Clark joins, according to the current CEO.
Clark’s new role is a sign that Flexport is hoping to move from buzzy startup to a major player in logistics on scale with other legacy companies. Petersen’s recent tweet suggests as much.
“During his 23-year tenure at Amazon, [Clark] worked his way from Amazon’s MBA rotational leadership program all the way to CEO of Worldwide Consumer. In the process, he and his team …

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