![]() His experience as the chief of AWS will come in be handy as he gears up to deal with bigger responsibilities. Just a month later, he was promoted from senior vice president to CEO of AWS.įive years after his last promotion, Jassy now finds himself at the helm of Amazon, the world’s biggest e-commerce firm operating in multiple countries. Jassy has been an instrumental figure in the success of the AWS division of Amazon and was named 'Person of the Year' by Financial Times in March 2016. The service competes with Microsoft Corp’s Azure and Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud. It may be noted that AWS provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments. It is one of the biggest cloud computing service providers in the world. He was given the task of heading a team of 57 people for developing Amazon Web Services (AWS), which came into existence in 2006. In 2003, he and Jeff Bezos came up with the idea to create a cloud computing platform. ![]() Jassy joined Amazon not knowing what his role was going to be, but he cemented his position within the company in just a few years. ![]() It was super important to the Amazon people that we come that Monday,” Jassy said in a Harvard Business School podcast. No, I didn’t know what my job was going to be, or what my title was going to be. Published Tue, 5:40 PM EST Updated Wed, 9:12 AM EST. “I took my last final exam at HBS, the first Friday of May in 1997, and I started Amazon next Monday. Amazons next CEO, Andy Jassy, transformed e-commerce company into a cloud computing giant. Watch | Andy Jassy: Meet The New CEO of AmazonĪfter shutting down the company, Jassy signed up for an MBA program at Harvard University and joined Amazon instantly after completing his course. He then started a company with a colleague from the company but closed it later. That's very important because they're a lot of things that are deeply embedded in the culture of Amazon,” McIlwain added.īefore joining Amazon, Jassy worked for five years after graduation as a project manager for a collectables company, MBI. "He watched how Jeff approached problems. ![]() Before being appointed by Jeff Bezos and the Amazon board during the fourth quarter of 2020, 7 8 Jassy served as the SVP and later as the CEO of Amazon Web Services from 2003 to 2021. He said Jassy tries to “understand the end customer” and creates building blocks for future expansion. Jassy (born January 13, 1968) 5 6 is an American business executive who is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Amazon. Matt McIlwain, a managing director with Madrona Venture Group in Seattle, who has closely monitored Amazon's rise over the years told Bloomberg News that Andy Jassy “brings the principles that have always been a part of what's made Amazon successful”. Jassy has led some interesting projects at Amazon over the years. Bezos’s successor Andy Jassy joined Amazon as a project manager in 1997, just three years after the company was incorporated. ![]()
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