Question

    Recently Jeff Bezos announced that Andy Jessy is going

    to take over as CEO of Amazon from___?
    A 01 January 2023 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 05 July 2022 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 01 0ctober 2022 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 01 June 2022 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E 05 July 2023 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    • Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has announced that Andy Jassy, the current CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), will take over as the CEO of the commerce giant on July 5.
    • On this date Amazon was incorporated in 1994, exactly 27 years ago.
    • About half of the company's revenue comes from AWS, which is the Cloud arm of Amazon, logged $54 billion annualised run rate -- a 32 per cent year-over-year growth -- in March quarter this year.
    • Andy Jassy has led AWS since it was founded in 2003 and was named the CEO of the Cloud arm in 2016.
    • Amazon has appointed Salesforce executive Adam Selipsky as new AWS.
    • Jeff Bezos, who built an online bookstore into a $1.7 trillion technology empire reaching into space, announced in February he will be stepping down as CEO at the apex of his career to focus on innovations.

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