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- Jeff Bezos is stepping down. He will be replaced as Amazon CEO by AWS CEO Andy Jassy, but take on an executive chair role at the firm.
- Bezos says he will use the extra time to focus on non-Amazon activities. These include his charitable fund, his climate fund, his space firm Blue Origin, and the newspaper he owns, The Washington Post.
- Exclusive: Over a dozen Amazon insiders described Andy Jassy’s leadership style. People who have worked with Jassy, who turned 53 in January, describe him as a genuinely nice person who nevertheless sets high expectations for his people and expects them to rise to the challenge.
