Jeff Bezos to Step Down as Amazon CEO

Bezos will become executive chair in the third quarter, with Amazon Web Services head Andy Jassy replacing him as chief executive officer.

Jeffrey Dastin

Bezos will become executive chair in the third quarter, with Amazon Web Services head Andy Jassy replacing him as chief executive officer.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos. Photo: Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

Bengaluru/San Francisco: Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday beat estimates for holiday-quarter sales and said Jeff Bezos would move to the role of executive chair in the third quarter. He will be replaced by Amazon Web Services head Andy Jassy as chief executive officer.

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Net sales rose to $125.56 billion in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2020 from $87.44 billion, beating estimates of $119.7 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.

Amazon was forced to move its two-day shopping event Prime Day, typically in July, to early October, contributing to its holiday sales numbers.

(Reuters)

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