Andy Jassy
CEO of Amazon who founded and built Amazon Web Services
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Andy Jassy is an American business executive who has been president and CEO of Amazon since July 2021, succeeding Jeff Bezos. He founded and led Amazon Web Services, which became the world’s largest cloud-computing provider.
Biography
Background
Jassy grew up in Scarsdale, New York, and graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Business School. He joined Amazon in 1997 as a marketing manager.
Building AWS
As Bezos’s technical assistant, he helped shape the idea of selling Amazon’s computing infrastructure to others. He led the team that launched Amazon Web Services in 2006 with storage (S3) and computing (EC2). AWS grew to dominate cloud computing.
Amazon CEO
Jassy became CEO on 5 July 2021. He has cut costs, including large layoffs, invested heavily in AI data centres and the Trainium chips, and required staff to return to offices five days a week from 2025.
Interests
He is a part-owner of the Seattle Kraken ice hockey team and a keen sports fan.
Timeline
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1968
Born in Scarsdale, New York, United States
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1997
Joins Amazon
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2003
Begins planning AWS
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2006
AWS launches
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2016
CEO of AWS
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2021
CEO of Amazon
Did you know?
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He once worked as Bezos’s “shadow”, attending all his meetings.
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He is a minority owner of the Seattle Kraken.
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AWS earns most of Amazon’s operating profit.
Connections
Also born on 13 January
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Rakesh Sharma
Space & Exploration · First Indian to travel to space
1949
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Shivkumar Sharma
Music · Musician who made the santoor a classical concert instrument
1938
- Robin Milner Science · British computer scientist who created the ML language and theories of concurrency 1934
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Dario Amodei
Science · Co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, the company behind Claude
1983
Frequently asked
Who is Andy Jassy?
Andy Jassy is an American business executive who has been president and CEO of Amazon since July 2021, succeeding Jeff Bezos. He founded and led Amazon Web Services, which became the world’s largest cloud-computing provider.
How old is Andy Jassy?
Andy Jassy is 58 years old, born on 13 January 1968 in Scarsdale, New York, United States.
Where is Andy Jassy from?
Andy Jassy was born in Scarsdale, New York, United States.
What is Andy Jassy known for?
Andy Jassy is best known for Founding and leading AWS; Amazon CEO since July 2021.
References
- Andy Jassy — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Andy Jassy (Q41812531) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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