In the beginning, he was told to lead competitive intelligence and customer retention for the e-commerce firm. Here all the roles were too big for them. Photograph: David Ryder/Getty ImagesĪfter taking his final exam in May 1997, Jassy joined Amazon as part of the 8 people marketing group. IMAGE: Jeff Bezos has changed the way the planet shops. "We look forward to partnering over a long period of time in providing great customer experiences in India." We are incredibly excited about what has happened and are appreciative of the partnerships across all the various types of the customers," says Jassy. "It's very early days, with respect to what we are hoping to enable for customers in India.
We have made a pledge to do more," says Jassy during a recent fireside chat at the Amazon Smbhav event with Amit Agarwal.
Jassy also finds it remarkable that in just 7 years since the launch of Amazon India, the firm has digitised 2.5 million MSMEs, enabled cumulative exports worth $3 billion and helped create nearly one million jobs in India till date. We had a missionary group of people in Bangalore, from the very start," remembers Jassy, 53.Īmit Agarwal, global senior vice president and country head, Amazon India, played a key role in setting up the AWS centre. It was around 2004 and during Holi celebrations. Jassy is now replacing billionaire founder Jeff Bezos as 's next CEO.
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Update 2/3/21: This article was updated to include was set up in India seven years ago, but the US-based company established its first centre 18 years ago in India in 2003 and incidentally it was focused on its technology arm Amazon Web Services.Īmazon Web Services chief Andy Jassy travelled to India in 2004 and celebrated Holi with the early small team here. The graphics below, provided by Statista, illustrate amazon's growth over the years. Jassy is the father of two kids and his resume also includes being an "experienced buffalo wings eater," according to his Twitter. Both Caplan and Jassy's fathers worked at Dewey Ballantine, a law firm, although on opposite coasts of the country. At the time, he was a marketing manager at Amazon. In 1997, he married Elana Caplan in Santa Monica, according to the New York Times. He now lives in Seattle and the sports fan is a part owner of the Seattle National Hockey League franchise, the Kraken, which is in its first season. Jassy was raised in Westchester County, north of New York City and earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Harvard. Amazon Refutes Claim That It Never Offered Trump Vaccine Distribution Help.
Jesse Ventura Rages at Billionaires, Calls for 'Maximum Wage'.Jeff Bezos to Step Down as Amazon CEO After Company Sales Grew $38 Billion.Newsweek reached out to Amazon for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication. "He has consistently demonstrated the ability to be a builder." "Andy embodies the culture of Amazon," Matt McIlwain, the managing director of Madrona Venture Group, a Seattle venture firm that invests in cloud start-ups, told The Washington Post. Jassy also told Forbes they didn't predict it would become the powerhouse that it is today. The two spent most of their time together and eventually AWS was born, although there was no "ah-ha" moment in its creation where the lightbulb went off. Jassy first joined Amazon in 1997 and pushed the company to add music sales to its retail services, according to The Washington Post In the early 2000s Jassy, now 52, had a role as "Jeff Bezos' Shadow," which Forbes described as akin to a chief of staff/technical advisor role. In this photo illustration, the Amazon app is seen on a mobile phone on January 11 in London. Andy Jassy will take over as CEO of Amazon in the third quarter, replacing founder Jeff Bezos, who is moving to the role of executive chair.
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