Joy Covey, Amazon CFO During IPO, Dies in Bicycling Crash at 50

Joy Covey, who helped take Amazon.com Inc. public as the Internet retailer’s chief financial officer, has died. She was 50.

She died on Sept. 18 after colliding with a minivan while riding her bicycle downhill on Skyline Boulevard, near Portola Valley, California, according to Art Montiel, public information officer at the California Highway Patrol in Redwood City. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The San Mateo County Coroner’s Office confirmed her identity. Covey, who lived in Woodside, California, was wearing a helmet, Montiel said.