Originally published at: Bezos leaves Amazon, cloud boss Jassy takes the reins, as sales pass $100 billion | Boing Boing
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I hear he’s looking to get into the lucrative kryptonite mining industry.
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He just wants to return to planet Bezos and touch butts with his wife.
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Pretty sure he’ll spend his days correcting the mess he’s made, and paying his taxes, the tax thing is a reach, but I’m going there.
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Allegedly he was keeping Amazon Flex delivery drivers’ tips:
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He’s stepping down to spend more time with his money.
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Not to nitpick, but Bezos isn’t leaving Amazon. He’ll remain chairman of the board to which the CEO reports. Executive chairman just means he reserves the right to actively participate in day-to-day operations without being fully responsible for them as CEO, leaving him more time for cocktail charities and building phallic rockets. I wouldn’t expect a large change in Amazon because of this.
a sign of the company’s transformation from web retailer to internet conglomerate
That transformation happened years ago. AWS makes up about 60% of Amazon’s profits.
To quote The Register, Amazon is a cloud company with a gift shop on the side.
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