Business Beyond Borders E9: Jorrit Van der Meulen (Amazon)

Prash from The Luxembourg Mind chats with Jorrit Van der Meulen, VP of Amazon EU, about Amazon’s remarkable growth over its 20 years in Lux, milestones along the way, and the path forward. They also talk about Luxembourg’s strengths as a business hub, and areas of opportunity to increase its attractiveness to talent and investment.

Business Beyond Borders is a video podcast series under The Luxembourg Mind umbrella aspiring to bring to the forefront the incredible thought leadership, vision, and success of Luxembourg's business decision makers. Over the next year, we are interviewing 12-15 Luxembourgish CEOs, business leaders and decision-makers to explore their human side, their vision for Lux's business eco-system, and to solicit some tips & tricks they learnt from their successes.

Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Jorrit & Amazon Luxembourg
01:01 Milestones along Amazon's 20-year path in Lux
03:17 Challenges along the way
09:06 Typical day in the life of Jorrit
12:10 Jorrit's 12 years in Luxembourg
14:17 The big picture: Lux strengths & opportunities
17:30 The path ahead for Amazon in Luxembourg
19:38 Amazon's impact on Luxembourg
22:45 Rapid-fire round
25:39 Advice: How has Amazon attracting top-talent to Lux?