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“Absolutely a Sprint”: How Andy Jassy Raced to the Top of Amazon
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“Absolutely a Sprint”: How Andy Jassy Raced to the Top of Amazon

The incoming CEO inherits a company on a post-pandemic roll, but roiled by labor unrest and under mounting regulatory scrutiny

Matt Day
Bloomberg Businessweek , 2021
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Andy Jassy, Amazon’s new CEO, literally “shadowed” founder Jeff Bezos for 18 months early in his career. He was one of the few people willing to contradict the founder when necessary, although he did it with respect and kindness. Jassy didn’t provide an interview for Bloomberg News tech reporter Matt Day, who instead interviewed people surrounding him. Jassy isn’t well known outside his industry, but his work is. He managed the growth of Amazon’s Web Services, which hit $50 billion-plus revenue in 2020. While Amazon faces litigation on global, national and local fronts, Jassy – like Bezos – takes a long-term view of the company and solutions to its issues.

Take-Aways

  • Andy Jassy, Amazon’s new CEO, though similar to Jeff Bezos, will put his own imprint on the company.
  • Jassy’s early career at Amazon led to him shadowing Bezos as a short-term chief-of-staff.
  • The public knows little of Jassy, but business schools already use the growth of Amazon Web Services (AWS) under his leadership as a case study.

About the Author

Matt Day is a technology reporter for Bloomberg News.

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