On February 2, local time, American e-commerce giant Amazon (Amazon) announced that the current Amazon CEO and company founder Jeff Bezos (Jeff Bezos) will resign as Amazon CEO in the third quarter of this year and will lead the company. The power is transferred to Andy Jassy, the senior official of the company's cloud business.
After resignation, Bezos will serve as executive chairman of Amazon's board of directors.
Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, and Amazon has now transformed from an online bookstore to a large online retailer.
In January last year, Amazon's market value exceeded $1 trillion, and the company's current market value exceeds $1.6 trillion.
Jessie joined Amazon in 1997 and has been the leader of the Amazon Web Services cloud team AWS.
This department is an important source of profit for Amazon.
In addition, Amazon also announced its fourth quarter earnings report.
Due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the shopping season, Amazon’s quarterly revenue exceeded 100 billion, reaching US$125.5 billion, making it the highest quarter in Amazon’s history.
Bezos said that he will continue to participate in important Amazon projects, and will also spend more time focusing on projects including the Washington Post and Blue Origin.
(CCTV reporter Xu Dezhi)