Who is Andy Jassy? Get to know the man replacing Jeff Bezos as Amazon’s next CEO | Just the FAQs

Andy Jassy is the head of Amazon Web Services and will be replacing Jeff Bezos to become the company’s next CEO in Q3. Here's what you need to know.
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By this summer, Amazon will have a new CEO.

On Tuesday, the tech giant announced a transition in leadership. Founder Jeff Bezos will leave the company's top role, and longtime Amazon executive Andy Jassy will take over as CEO.

As Bezos wrote in an email to employees, he will stay on as executive chair and "focus my energies and attention on new products and early initiatives."

Jassy will be promoted from CEO of Amazon Web Services, the company's cloud computing service that helps power sites like Netflix and Spotify.

But who is Jassy? Here's what you should know about the next CEO of Amazon.

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