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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: 2) by looorg on Wednesday February 03 2021, @12:58AM (2 children)

    by looorg (578) on Wednesday February 03 2021, @12:58AM (#1108198)

    So is he the new Gates? A life of luxury and philanthropy.

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  • (Score: 2) by Mojibake Tengu on Wednesday February 03 2021, @01:25AM

    by Mojibake Tengu (8598) on Wednesday February 03 2021, @01:25AM (#1108218) Journal

    Probably not another bio-terrorist philanthropy like Gates but rather quite new AI-terrorist philanthropy.

    Luxury, sure.

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  • (Score: 2) by DECbot on Wednesday February 03 2021, @08:13PM

    by DECbot (832) on Wednesday February 03 2021, @08:13PM (#1108619) Journal

    More like he is aware that under his explicit orders Amazon participated in anticompetitive, monopolistic practices and he wants to distance himself from those orders. Additionally I image he's trying to taking a raincheck for the upcoming anti-trust trial and wrist slapping that is to come.

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