vgriff

i contain multitudes

Work

I’ve spent my career at the intersection of books, technology, and people.

I spent 15 years at Amazon, the last several building Amazon Publishing into a serious creative force — developing the “Content-Creators-as-Customers” model, building vendor partnerships, and helping writers find readers at scale. Before that I did the full range of Amazon things: new businesses, global teams, products that didn’t exist yet.


After Amazon I went to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where I worked on financial inclusion — bringing basic banking and payment infrastructure to some of the poorest communities in the world, with a particular focus on women. In 2019 I co-founded Eleanor, a boutique consulting firm for socially-minded businesses.

These days I’m writing a book.

See my complete profile at LinkedIn.

About Me

I’m Victoria Griffith and I am enthusiastic about a LOT of things. Pine trees and mushrooms and the desert. Mountains and motorcycles, travel and photography. Friendship and writing and books and surviving the love of your life’s terminal diagnosis.


I read constantly, think about reading obsessively, and have strong opinions about what makes a great memoir. I write about books here, and I’m working on one of my own.

I was born in Paterson, NJ, call Seattle home, and spend winters in the desert of Southern California, where the light is different and the ocotillos are doing something extraordinary. I try to get out and see as much of the world as time and money will allow.

If you’d like to say hi, you can reach me at vgriff@vgriff.com.

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