‘About 100 H-1B visa holders were on Amazon’s initial team that built AWS’: Ex-employee criticises US green-card suspension for tech firms
- Shobhit Mathur, co-founder and vice-chancellor of Rishihood University, has defended the contribution of skilled foreign workers to the US technology industry, recalling his experience of joining Amazon on an H-1B visa when the company was still making losses.
- In a post on X, Mathur said he was part of the initial team that built Amazon Web Services (AWS), adding that approximately 100 H-1B visa holders were involved in Amazon’s early team.
- His account comes amid renewed debate over skilled immigration after the US administration announced restrictions on green-card sponsorship processing for
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- Shobhit Mathur, co-founder and vice-chancellor of Rishihood University, has defended the contribution of skilled foreign workers to the US technology industry, recalling his experience of joining Amazon on an H-1B visa when the company was still making losses.
- In a post on X, Mathur said he was part of the initial team that built Amazon Web Services (AWS), adding that approximately 100 H-1B visa holders were involved in Amazon’s early team.
- His account comes amid renewed debate over skilled immigration after the US administration announced restrictions on green-card sponsorship processing for
Sources: Times of India