Melinda Lewison

Managing Director at Family Office
Seattle, Washington, United States

Melinda Lewison is Managing Director at a Family Office. She previously held roles in strategic planning, business development, finance, and product management at companies including Internap Network Services, Lehman Brothers, Microsoft, Nextel International, and Rustic Canyon Partners.

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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.

Organizations

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  • Family Office Managing Director 2006–present · current
  • Rustic Canyon Partners Associate 2005–2006 · past
  • Microsoft Product Manager 2002–2004 · past

Education

  • Princeton University
  • Harvard Business School MBA
  • Lakeside

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