Amazonis going through some serious changes.
“Andy is well known inside the company and has been at Amazon almost as long as I have.
He will be an outstanding leader, and he has my full confidence.”
Bezos and Jassy have a long-standing relationship.
He built the team out from 57 people to what it is today (perSeattle Business Magazine).
He earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s from Harvard (perNewsweek).
When he got the gig with Amazon, herelocated to Seattle, where he’s been ever since.
He’s even part owner of the localNHL team, the expansion Seattle Kraken,GeekWirereports.
As of February 2021,Celebrity Net Worthestimates the businessman is worth $400 million.
While that’s only a fraction of Bezos’vast fortune, it’s still quite a bit of money.
Jassy may have hinted at the change ahead in his 2020 virtual AWS re:Invent conference.
He spoke to what gives Amazon and AWS lasting power.
“It is really hard to build a business that lasts successfully for many years.
To do it, you’re going to have to reinvent yourself,” he said (viaInformationWeek).
“Often you’re going to have to reinvent yourself multiple times.”
Here’s looking at Amazon’s latest reinvention.
