In Pictures: Who is Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy?

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In Pictures: Who is Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy?

Jassy is worth around $500 million and will have some catching up to do with Bezos on that

Published: July 05, 2021 10:45 Nivetha Dayanand, Web Editor with inputs from Bloomberg

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20201125 jeff bezos — Bezos isn't going away entirely. He'll remain executive chairman of Amazon's board and plans to stay involved with the company's new projects. Yet, his decision to hitch a ride on his rocket company's suborbital space flight just weeks after handing over control suggests Bezos won't constantly be second-guessing Jassy, a deputy he's long trusted to manage his own shop. Image Credit: Reuters

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It falls on Andy Jassy to continue Amazon's track record of stellar growth and innovation, which extends from cloud-computing and smart speakers to the heavily automated warehouses that enable one-day shipping. The 53-year-old executive will also dictate Amazon's response to regulators around the world who are probing whether big US tech companies have become too powerful. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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Harvard business school — After following his father to Harvard and earning a degree in government, Jassy moved to New York to pursue a career as a sportscaster. He later worked for a collectibles company and co-founded a short-lived startup. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons

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Jassy figured he was in the running for a job in San Francisco. That’s when Amazon's marketing chief spotted his resume in a pile from the business-school career office. Jassy took his final exam on a Friday in May 1997 and joined Amazon in Seattle the next Monday, a week before the company's initial public offering. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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Stock Amazon — Shortly after the dot-com bust, Bezos asked Jassy to become his shadow. For about 18 months, Jassy followed the boss around every day, sitting with him in meetings and serving as his ears in rooms where Bezos' presence could throw discussions off track. Bezos was already a Jassy fan, even saving his job during a round of layoffs in the marketing department. Image Credit: AP

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AWS — At about this time, Amazon was starting to reorganize its technology infrastructure. New initiatives were getting bogged down. In 2003, Jassy left the shadow job to outline how such a business might work and, when the board approved his proposal, bring it to market before a high-tech rival like Microsoft or Google. Amazon Web Services launched its first major offerings three years later. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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