Who was Amazon's first employee after Jeff Bezos?

Amazon’s first employee after Jeff Bezos was computer programmer Shel Kaphan.

Kaphan joined Bezos in 1994, when the company was still being built as an online bookseller. He moved to Seattle and became Amazon’s first vice president of research and development. Kaphan helped write the company’s original website, making him one of the central technical figures in Amazon’s earliest stage.

His work extended beyond the storefront itself. He co-created Amazon’s product-review system and contributed to 1-Click, features that helped distinguish the emerging online retailer from a simple digital catalogue. Kaphan remained with Amazon from 1994 to 1999 and later became chief technology officer in an advisory role.

David Risher and Brian Valentine joined Amazon much later, after the company had grown substantially. Jeff Bezos cannot be the answer because the question asks for the first employee after the founder; Bezos founded the company but was not his own employee in that sense.