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Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO, will be replaced by Andy Jassy

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    stu2b50
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    I think realistically this isn't much of a change - Bezos has already distanced himself from much of the day-to-day minutia of running Amazon. Jass has done a great job with AWS (well, from...

    I think realistically this isn't much of a change - Bezos has already distanced himself from much of the day-to-day minutia of running Amazon. Jass has done a great job with AWS (well, from Amazon's perspective anyway). I do think it's interesting that Jass, the AWS head, that becomes the CEO, perhaps indicating a more technology focused path to growth as opposed to retail.

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    1. Greg
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      It's a couple of years old, but The Register's characteristically pithy description of Amazon as a money printing cloud provider with a gift shop in the parking lot always sticks in my mind - and...

      It's a couple of years old, but The Register's characteristically pithy description of Amazon as a money printing cloud provider with a gift shop in the parking lot always sticks in my mind - and maybe helps contextualise the choice of CEO.

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