Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO, transitioning to executive chair role
Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO, transitioning to executive chair role Jay Greene and Tony Romm, The Washington Post Feb. 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Jeff Bezos participates in a news conference in 2019.Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton SEATTLE - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant, turning over the reins to the company's longtime cloud-computing boss Andy Jassy. Bezos, who owns The Washington Post, will transition to the role of executive chair this summer, the company said Tuesday. "If you do it right, a few years after a surprising...