When we look back at the history of the Internet and what it helped achieve, Jeff Bezos and Amazon.com will be one of the biggest success stories for sure.
And as Jeff Bezos prepares to relinquish his role of CEO of Amazon later this year, fellow technology stalwarts recognised Bezos' achievements and success in a rare show of camaraderie.
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Late Tuesday,?Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos announced he will be stepping down as CEO and become executive chairman, naming the head of its lucrative cloud computing division Andy Jassy as his successor, according to Reuters.
Andy Jassy, head of cloud division Amazon Web Services known as AWS, as the next CEO after Jeff Bezos is a sign of Amazon¡¯s transformation from web retailer and e-commerce platform to a giant internet conglomerate.
A whopping 27-years-ago, Jeff Bezos started Amazon.com in July 1994, when many of his users weren't even born.?
The small online book-selling business he began under Amazon.com over a generation ago has now?become one of the world¡¯s most valuable companies, as Amazon reported quarterly sales above $100 billion for the first time ever on Tuesday.
Obviously, Jeff Bezos management style and business transformation at Amazon.com has won him great respect from industry peers like Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and others who tweeted their congratulations to Jeff Bezos' tenure at Amazon.com.
Not just Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai, other tech industry stalwarts also tipped their hats at Jeff Bezos' reign at Amazon as founder and CEO of one of the biggest online businesses of all time.
As Jeff Bezos takes a back seat from Amazon, he's made it clear where he wants to devote the rest of his energy towards --? space exploration and clean renewable energy projects.
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In the letter he wrote to Amazon employees, Jeff Bezos said, ¡°I¡¯ve never had more energy, and this isn¡¯t about retiring.¡± He further went on to say,?"As Exec Chair I will stay engaged in important Amazon initiatives but also have the time and energy I need to focus on the Day 1 Fund, the Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin, The Washington Post, and my other passions.¡±?
Like he said, Jeff Bezos isn't retiring, he's still going to be there as executive chairman of Amazon's board. Like Bill Gates did after relinquishing his throne at Microsoft all those years ago, Jeff Bezos still has a lot to give back to the world and make a big difference in the future of technology.
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