Andy Jassy

Stealth sackings: why do employers fire staff for minor misdemeanours?

Hard line on conduct could prevent bigger lapses but may prompt claims of disguised cost savings

Thu Nov 21 2024 - 10:00

Amazon revenues jump on back of AI-fuelled cloud demand

Market capitalisation more than doubled over past five years from growing cloud and advertising businesses as well as expanding margins in retail

Fri Nov 01 2024 - 10:25

Bezos capitalises on Amazon stock high to lock in gains

Timing of $4bn sale of stock in retail behemoth he founded - after move to Florida - will see him avoid capital gains tax

Thu Feb 15 2024 - 05:05

Fears for Irish jobs as Amazon confirms it will cut another 9,000 jobs

Latest lay-offs add to 18,000 staff culled in January as company cuts costs following tech downturn

Mon Mar 20 2023 - 17:52

Amazon chief vows to ‘go big’ on physical stores

Jassy backs grocery business despite recently saying plans were on hold

Tue Feb 14 2023 - 08:36

Big Tech pledges to shore up US cyber security defences

Chief executives from tech, energy, banking, insurance and education meet at White House summit

Thu Aug 26 2021 - 09:08

After Jeff Bezos: the changing of the guard at Amazon

Andy Jassy takes over as the $1.7tn company comes under intense political and regulatory scrutiny

Thu Jul 01 2021 - 10:41

Amazon's Bezos has reminded us how broken our old normal was

We are more than Silicon Valley’s best efforts to reduce us to the sum total of our consumption habits

Sat Feb 06 2021 - 01:18

Jeff Bezos has revolutionised the way business is done

Despite its innovation, Amazon needs to focus on improving how it looks after its staff

Thu Feb 04 2021 - 06:00

As Jeff Bezos steps aside, what comes next for Amazon?

Company founder to be replaced as CEO by Andy Jassy, seen as a steady hand on the tiller

Wed Feb 03 2021 - 14:02

Bezos signals partial end to epic run at helm of Amazon

But decision to step down feels natural and almost inevitable

Wed Feb 03 2021 - 08:04

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to step down as chief executive

Retailer’s quarterly revenue tops $100 billion for first time

Tue Feb 02 2021 - 21:42

Amazon strikes back at Trump over $10bn defence contract

Jeff Bezos accuses US government of showing bias in handing cloud contract to Microsoft

Fri Nov 15 2019 - 09:58

Amazon to open up machine-learning algorithms to Web Services customers

Move designed to make it easier for customers to adopt the new technology

Wed Nov 28 2018 - 21:23