
When Doug Herrington first arrived at Amazon more than two decades ago, he found not just a fast-moving e-commerce startup, but a culture wrapped in what felt like a corporate creed.
“I felt like I had joined a cult,” Herrington said on a recent episode of Learn and Be Curious With Doug Herrington, Amazon’s new podcast. He had joined Amazon in 2005 as vice president of consumables, according to his LinkedIn, working up the ranks to CEO of worldwide Amazon stores by 2022.