Jeff Bezos's last shareholder letter as Amazon CEO is about death — Quartz
April 15, 2021 In 1997, the year Amazon went public, founder and longtime CEO Jeff Bezos started writing an annual letter to the company’s shareholders. Today, Amazon published his final letter as CEO. At the end of the year, Bezos intends to step aside and become executive chair, a post that will allow him to focus on endeavors such as his space company, Blue Origin, his ownership of the Washington Post, and the charitable funds he has founded. In his parting words as the company’s top executive, Bezos talked about a range of subjects, such as Amazon’s employees and the value Amazon c...