Jeff Blackburn is senior vice president of worldwide business development at Amazon. He leads the teams responsible for Amazon’s content and advertising businesses including Prime Video, Amazon Studios, IMDb, Amazon Music, and Prime Photos. Blackburn is also the head of Amazon’s mergers-and-acquisitions, investments, and strategic business-development efforts worldwide. Prior to joining Amazon, he held various positions with Morgan Stanley, Interpublic Group/Marketing Corporation of America, and Bridgewater Associates. Blackburn earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and public policy from Dartmouth College and his M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.