LEGEND
Andy Jassy
Father of the modern cloud and Amazon ' s new CEO
A relative unknown outside his own industry , incoming Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is far from being one of the biggest names in tech . He likes to stay out of the limelight , letting people like Elon Musk and his boss , Jeff Bezos , soak up public attention with grand statements , publicity stunts and problematic rants on Twitter .
Make no mistake though , there are few people in the world who have had more influence over the modern internet than Andy Jassy . As the head of Amazon Web Services since its inception in 2003 , in many respects , Jassy is the father of the modern cloud .
Over the past 15 years since its launch in 2006 , AWS has reshaped the modern internet , taking the internetas-a-service approach and turning it from a crackpot moonshot that attracted the derision of established technology giants , and turning it into the foundation of the digital age .
Amazon might be best known for its massive fulfilment centres and nextday delivery , but AWS is its beating heart and one of its biggest earners -
Sales in Q4 of 2020
$ 12bn raking in over $ 12bn in sales in Q4 of 2020 alone . A large element of AWS ’ success can be attributed to Jassy ’ s own philosophy of bigger is better and putting the customer first , explaining that “ If you go with the platform that has the most capabilities and the right tools for the job , it not only makes it easier to migrate all your existing applications , but also to enable your builders to build anything they can imagine ,” in a keynote speech at AWS re : Invent 2020 . He added that AWS is a “ customer-focused ” organisation through and through ( back in 2017 he publicly criticised rival cloud provider Oracle for their high rates and customer lock-in contracts ), saying that , “ What we build is driven by what you tell us matters to you . And even if you can ’ t articulate a feature , we try to read between the lines , understand what you are trying to build and invent on your behalf .”
Jassy ’ s appointment to the position of Amazon CEO was announced in February , and he is expected to take over the role some time in Q3 of this year .
18 April 2021