Redfin Names New CFO

In Seattle, ""Redfin"":http://www.redfin.com/ announced the hiring of Chris Nielsen as CFO.

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Nielsen was most recently CFO and COO of Zappos.com, a destination in online apparel and footwear sales, where he oversaw the company's financial and fulfillment operations. His career has also seen him leading successful retail business segments at Amazon.com and working at business consulting firms Bain & Co. and Accenture.

At Redfin, he will lead the company's finance team as well as the human resources and legal departments.

""Redfin sought a CFO with broad operational chops to help us build a world-class customer-service company,"" said CEO Glenn Kelman. ""Chris Nielsen's experience at Zappos and Amazon, where he ran whole businesses as well as tallied their financial results, is a perfect fit for Redfin. He's a believer and a doer, ridiculously smart but soulful too. We're over the moon to have him on board.""