Amazon Appoints Adam Selipsky as Next AWS CEO

Source: The Verge

[Asia Economy Reporter Yujin Cho] Amazon's new leader Andy Jassy announced on the 23rd (local time) that Adam Selipsky has been appointed as the next CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's core business unit.

Andy Jassy, the current AWS CEO who will lead Amazon starting from the third quarter, stated in a memo to employees that he has chosen Selipsky as his successor.

CEO Jassy said, "Adam has strong leadership, judgment, customer-first mindset, and team-building capabilities in the AWS business," adding, "He has held senior positions at AWS for 11 years and is well acquainted with Amazon's culture and business."

Selipsky joined Amazon in 2005 as a vice president of AWS, handling marketing and sales for 11 years before moving to become CEO of the big data analytics company Tableau in 2016. After Tableau was acquired by Salesforce in 2019, he continued to serve as Tableau's CEO.

Having left AWS in 2016, Selipsky will return as AWS CEO effective May 17.

AWS is Amazon's core business generating more than half of its revenue; as of the fourth quarter last year, 52% of total revenue came from AWS.

In the global cloud computing service market, Amazon's AWS holds a dominant 33% market share, ranking first.

Meanwhile, Jassy, who has been called Amazon's second-in-command for successfully growing AWS over the past 15 years, is scheduled to become Amazon CEO in the third quarter, succeeding Jeff Bezos.

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