Managing Editor After 27 years at the company he founded, Jeff Bezos will be stepping down as CEO of Amazon later this year. Andy Jassy, a longtime employee who currently leads Amazon Web Services, will take over the CEO role in Q3, with Bezos set to transition to the role of executive chair of Amazon’s board. “Amazon is what it is because of invention. We do crazy things together and then make them normal. We pioneered customer reviews, 1-Click, personalized recommendations, Prime’s insanely-fast shipping, Just Walk Out shopping, the Climate Pledge, Kindle, Alexa, marketplace, infrastructure cloud computing, Career Choice, and much more,” sBezos said. “If you do it right, a few years after a surprising invention, the new thing has become normal. People yawn. That yawn is the greatest compliment an inventor can receive. When you look at our financial results, what you’re actually seeing are the long-run cumulative results of invention. Right now I see Amazon at its most inventive ever, making it an optimal time for this transition.”