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Jeff Bezos to Stand Down as CEO of Amazon Later in 2021

posted by martyb on Tuesday February 02 2021, @10:56PM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy to take over in Q3

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will step down later this year, turning the helm over to the company's top cloud executive Andy Jassy.

Jassy joined Amazon in 1997 and has led Amazon's Web Services cloud team since its inception.

Bezos said he will stay engaged in important Amazon projects but will also have more time to focus on the Bezos Earth Fund, his Blue Origin spaceship company, The Washington Post and the Amazon Day 1 Fund.

[...] Bezos will transition to executive chairman of Amazon's board.

Also at The Guardian and TechCrunch, Ars Technica, CNET, and Mashable

See also: Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO after record-smashing 2020 ends with first $100-billion quarter

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 03 2021, @12:33AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 03 2021, @12:33AM (#1108188)

    Not Virgin Galactic (sub-orbital joyrides), but Virgin Orbit (small-sat launcher rocket dropped from a 747) reached orbit on second LauncherOne mission [spacenews.com] a couple of weeks ago. Not that it really matters. SpaceX is going to eat all of their lunches anyway, especialy with SpaceX now set to launch all-civilian crew to space [go.com].

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Wednesday February 03 2021, @12:43AM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 03 2021, @12:43AM (#1108193) Journal

    Shirley you must mean launches not lunches.

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    • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 03 2021, @02:38AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 03 2021, @02:38AM (#1108273)

      Lunch is a meal you eat at noon, and don't call me Shirley.

  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday February 03 2021, @01:15AM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Wednesday February 03 2021, @01:15AM (#1108210)

    Rocketlabs seem to be doing pretty well, but they're only launching small satellites, which I assume is a specific market and it looks like Branson wants to compete with them.

    A quick search shows that Virgin Orbit is being pumped up as a new hot investment by lots of the business press so it's probably just a way for Branson to make some money quickly.