Oyogist has learnt that the world’s richest man and Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO on Monday (5 July) in order to focus on his space exploration firm.
Andy Jassy, the CEO of the company’s profit-making Cloud arm Amazon Web Services (AWS), will replace Bezos.
Jeff Bezos had been the CEO of Amazon since 1994, making his venture one of the most dominant technology firms in the world.
He currently has a net worth of nearly $200 billion.
A few days ago, Blue Origin, the space transportation company owned by Jeff Bezos, announced that Jeff alongside his brother Mark Bezos will join the auction winner on New Shepard’s first human flight to space on 20th July.
