Mike George, former Alexa VP and long-time Amazon employee, has agreed to lead the Day 1 Academies Fund.
Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
What would count as true or false
True if a dated announcement from the Bezos Day One Fund, Amazon or credible reporting confirms that as of early January 2019 Mike George, a former Alexa vice president and long-time Amazon employee, had agreed to lead the Day 1 Academies Fund. Mostly true if he was appointed but a minor detail (such as his exact former title) is slightly off. Mostly false if he took a different or lesser role in the fund. False if someone else was named to lead it, or if George did not take the role.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (3)
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E1 Jeff Bezos picks former Alexa VP Mike George to lead new education-focused philanthropic initiative GeekWire · 2 January 2019
“Mike George, the ex-Amazon vice president who oversaw some of the company’s most successful products, will lead the Day 1 Academies Fund, Bezos announced in a tweet on Tuesday.”
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E2 Former Amazon VP Will Lead Jeff Bezos’s Day One Academies Fund (Transitions) The Chronicle of Philanthropy · 4 January 2019
“Mike George, former vice president of Echo, Alexa, and the Appstore at Amazon, will now become president of a key component of the Bezos Day One Fund, a $2 billion effort announced in September by Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder and CEO of Amazon.”
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E3 Jeff Bezos picks former Alexa VP Mike George to lead new education-focused philanthropic initiative GeekWire · 2 January 2019
“George retired from Amazon in July 2017 after nearly 20 years at the tech giant, where he held multiple leadership positions spanning hardware to HR. He was most recently vice president of Echo, Alexa, and the Appstore.”
Reasoning
GeekWire reported on 2019-01-02 that Mike George will lead the Day 1 Academies Fund (E1). The same article describes him as a former vice president of Echo, Alexa and the Appstore who spent nearly 20 years at Amazon (E3). The Chronicle of Philanthropy separately reported that George will become president of a key component of the Bezos Day One Fund (E2). These independent reports confirm every part of the proposition.
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Jeff Bezos, “Mike George, former Alexa VP and long-time Amazon employee, has agreed to lead the Day 1 Academies Fund.” (said 2 January 2019). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_18e2fbfa37b3, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_18e2fbfa37b3
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