Incoming Amazon Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy asked employees to “stay giddied up” in a memo sent on Tuesday night after Jeff Bezos announced he would be stepping down as CEO of the American multinational technology company. The memo was accessed by New York Times columnist Kara Swisher, who shared it on Twitter.
“I’m excited for Jeff and look forward to watching his next chapter unfold… It’s hard to overstate how much I’ve learned from Jeff over the past 24 years,” Andy Jassy, who heads Amazon Web Services (AWS), wrote in the memo. He cited “criticality of hiring and developing great people” and “how to obsess over customers” among the things he had had learned from Jeff Bezos.
The incoming CEO of Amazon also spoke about Amazon Web Services – the subsidiary he heads, writing: “Nothing is changing in the short term as it relates to AWS. You’ll be stuck with me till Q3; and even after that, I will always be passionate and connected to AWS.”
The company would determine in coming weeks who would lead the AWS business after him, Mr Jassy said.
He concluded the memo by urging employees to “stay giddied up – we have so many customers needing our help to transform and accomplish what they’re trying to do.”
Take a look at Ms Swisher’s tweet below:
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Tuesday he would stand aside later this year as chief executive of the company he built from a startup into one of the world’s most valuable firms.
I have a column on my thoughts about the big @amazon transition from @JeffBezos to @ajassy in @nytopinion tomorrow, but here’s a little memo on the move that Andy seems to have sent around tonight to get you ready, because I love a good memo. pic.twitter.com/0eaMr9ulJw
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) February 3, 2021
