亚马逊周二宣布，亚马逊首席执行官Jeff Bezos将于今年晚些时候辞职，到时将由公司的云计算高管Andy Jassy掌舵。Bezos将转任亚马逊董事会执行主席。
Bezos于1994年创办了亚马逊，此后将这家昔日的在线书店变成了一家大型零售商，业务遍布全球，经营品类从小工具、百货到流媒体，不一而足。去年1月在Bezos的领导下，亚马逊的市值突破了1万亿美元，如今市值已超过1.6万亿美元。
该公司之前对接任计划秘而不宣，不过旁观者推测，Jassy或亚马逊全球消费者业务首席执行官Jeff Wilke会是接任者。但是去年8月，亚马逊宣布Wilke将于2021年退休。Jassy于1997年加入亚马逊，自AWS成立以来就一直领导云团队。AWS继续为亚马逊带来庞大利润。Bezos在致员工的信中说：“我很高兴地宣布，我将在第三季度转任亚马逊董事会执行主席，Andy Jassy将出任首席执行官。担任执行主席期间，我打算将精力和注意力集中在新产品和早期计划上。Andy在公司内部名气很大，在亚马逊效力的时间几乎与我一样长。他将是杰出的领导人，我对他满怀信心。”这则重大消息是与财报一同发布的，AWS云服务第四季度净销售额为127.42亿美元，比去年同期的99.54亿美元增长28%；运营利润为35.64亿美元，高于去年同期的25.96亿美元。
季度收入增长率
截至2020年10月，亚马逊的营业收入中约52%来自AWS。
受收益报告和高管更迭消息的利好影响，亚马逊股价周二在延长交易时段上涨约1%。2020年迄今亚马逊股已上涨约4%，在过去12个月猛涨了近70%。亚马逊首席财务官Brian Olsavsky在公司的财报电话会议上表示，这一高管更迭是在与亚马逊董事会协商后决定的。他表示，Bezos仍将保持高度参与性，在公司的许多不同部门会打有其烙印。他表示，Jassy是高瞻远瞩的领导人，将带来自己的一套技能，但亚马逊预计会平稳过渡。一旦上任，Jassy就需要带领公司避开反垄断问题。10月份，对包括亚马逊在内的大型科技公司的竞争做法进行了长达16个月的调查之后，众议院司法委员会反垄断小组委员会得出了结论：亚马逊、苹果、Facebook和谷歌拥有垄断权。亚马逊在欧盟也面临反垄断投诉。众议院司法委员会委员Ken Buck在亚马逊宣布这一消息后马上在Twitter上表示，他有一些问题要质问Jassy，暗示了Jassy上任后面临的早期障碍。Bezos表示，他将继续致力于重要的亚马逊项目，但也会有更多的时间专注于Bezos地球基金、蓝色起源（Blue Origin）太空飞船公司、《华盛顿邮报》和亚马逊第一天基金。Bezos在内部公告中说：“尽管我仍欢快地来办公室上班，但对这一权力交接感到很兴奋。数百万客户依靠我们提供服务，100多万员工依靠我们维持生计。成为亚马逊的首席执行官责任重大，很耗费精力。如果您接过这样的重任，很难把注意力放在别的事情上。”业界首席执行官和亚马逊竞争对手们纷纷对Bezos和Jassy即将到来的权力交接表示祝贺，微软首席执行官Satya Nadella称Jassy的晋升“当之无愧”。Alphabet首席执行官Sundar Pichai则向Bezos就他的其他项目表达了“最美好的祝愿”。I'm excited to announce that this Q3 I'll transition to Executive Chair of the Amazon Board and Andy Jassy will become CEO. In the Exec Chair role, I intend to focus my energies and attention on new products and early initiatives. Andy is well known inside the company and has been at Amazon almost as long as I have. He will be an outstanding leader, and he has my full confidence.This journey began some 27 years ago. Amazon was only an idea, and it had no name. The question I was asked most frequently at that time was, "What's the internet?" Blessedly, I haven't had to explain that in a long while.Today, we employ 1.3 million talented, dedicated people, serve hundreds of millions of customers and businesses, and are widely recognized as one of the most successful companies in the world.How did that happen? Invention. Invention is the root of our success. We've done crazy things together, and then made 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. If you get it right, a few years after a surprising invention, the new thing has become normal. People yawn. And that yawn is the greatest compliment an inventor can receive.I don't know of another company with an invention track record as good as Amazon's, and I believe we are at our most inventive right now. I hope you are as proud of our inventiveness as I am. I think you should be.As Amazon became large, we decided to use our scale and scope to lead on important social issues. Two high-impact examples: our $15 minimum wage and the Climate Pledge. In both cases, we staked out leadership positions and then asked others to come along with us. In both cases, it's working. Other large companies are coming our way. I hope you're proud of that as well.I find my work meaningful and fun. I get to work with the smartest, most talented, most ingenious teammates. When times have been good, you've been humble. When times have been tough, you've been strong and supportive, and we've made each other laugh. It is a joy to work on this team.As much as I still tap dance into the office, I'm excited about this transition. Millions of customers depend on us for our services, and more than a million employees depend on us for their livelihoods. Being the CEO of Amazon is a deep responsibility, and it's consuming. When you have a responsibility like that, it's hard to put attention on anything else. As Exec Chair I will stay engaged in important Amazon initiatives but also have the time and energy I need to focus on the Day 1 Fund, the Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin, The Washington Post, and my other passions. I've never had more energy, and this isn't about retiring. I'm super passionate about the impact I think these organizations can have.Amazon couldn’t be better positioned for the future. We are firing on all cylinders, just as the world needs us to. We have things in the pipeline that will continue to astonish. We serve individuals and enterprises, and we’ve pioneered two complete industries and a whole new class of devices. We are leaders in areas as varied as machine learning and logistics, and if an Amazonian’s idea requires yet another new institutional skill, we’re flexible enough and patient enough to learn it.Keep inventing, and don’t despair when at first the idea looks crazy. Remember to wander. Let curiosity be your compass. It remains Day 1.Jeff