William Lacey

Bio

Bill joined Amazon in February 2022 as the Vice-President of Finance for Books, Kindle, and Digital Content.

As Vice-President of Finance for Books and Kindle Content for Amazon, Bill leads a global finance team focused on partnering with the business to deliver on the Mission of Books. Amazon Books believes reading is essential for a healthy society; we strive to inspire our readers everyday through ease of accessibility and a variety of programs for readers to connect on a deeper level with their literature.

Bill joined Amazon after 30-year at GE. Beginning his career with GE Appliances in 1992, where he held various Finance roles across the business, before moving to the Corporate Audit Staff in 1995 and ultimately serving as Executive Audit Manager.

In 2000, he was named Global FP&A Manager for GE Lighting, and from this role, joined GE’s Wind business in Amsterdam, Holland as the Manager of Finance. He later served as Global Commercial Finance Manager for GE Energy and as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of GE Healthcare’s Medical Diagnostics business.

Bill rejoined GE Lighting in 2011 as CFO and was promoted to Company Officer in 2014 before assuming the role of GE Lighting’s President and CEO.

Bill is passionate about giving back to the local community and has served on several Cleveland-area boards including the Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) Foundation, the United Way of Greater Cleveland, University Hospitals Health Systems, Inc., the Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP), and as a 2021 co-Chair for Harvest for Hunger. In addition to the local-area boards, Bill is a Board member for Parker-Hannifin.

Bill holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. He lives in Cleveland with his wife and two children.