Melinda Lewison, Bezos family office representative, leaves Slate Auto board as $1.4B EV startup readies first truck in late 2026

Melinda Lewison, who represented Jeff Bezos’s family office on Slate Auto’s board, has resigned months before the EV startup— which has raised $1.4 billion citing Bezos’s association— is due to begin producing an affordable electric truck in late 2026 in Warsaw, Indiana. Her departure follows a March CEO change and raises questions about Bezos’s ongoing, largely implicit involvement.