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Andy Jassy
President and chief executive officer, Amazon
President and Chief Executive Officer, Amazon
Background
Andy Jassy is the president and chief executive officer of Amazon.
He succeeded founder Jeff Bezos in July 2021. He founded and led Amazon Web Services from its inception.
About Amazon
Amazon: Amazon is an American multinational conglomerate. It works in e-commerce, retail, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, entertainment and artificial intelligence.
Key facts
- Current title
- President and chief executive officer of Amazon since July 2021source
- Amazon Web Services
- Founded and led from its inception; CEO from April 2016 until July 2021source
- Joined Amazon
- 1997, as a marketing managersource
- Education
- Harvard College, cum laude (government); MBA, Harvard Business Schoolsource
- Board of Directors
- Serves on the Board of Directors while serving as president and CEO of Amazon.comsource
- Commission and trust service
- Commissioner, National Security Commission for AI; Trust, American Academy of Arts and Sciencessource
- Rainier board roles
- Board of Trustees, Rainier Scholars; Chair, Board of Directors, Rainier Prepsource
- Born
- January 13, 1968source
- Harvard Crimson
- Advertising manager of The Harvard Crimson while at Harvard Collegesource
- Before founding AWS
- Held various leadership roles across the company, including both business-to-business and business-to-consumersource
Sources
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