About Andy Jassy
Andrew R. Jassy (born January 13, 1968) is an American business executive who is the president and chief executive officer of Amazon since July 2021, succeeding founder Jeff Bezos, who remains executive chairman. Jassy founded and led Amazon Web Services (AWS) from its inception and served as its CEO from April 2016 until July 2021. == Early life == Jassy is the son of Margery and Everett L. Jassy of Scarsdale, New York. Of Jewish Hungarian ancestry, his father was a senior partner in the corporate law firm Dewey Ballantine in New York City, and chairman of the firm's management committee. Jassy grew up in Scarsdale, and attended Scarsdale High School, where he played varsity soccer and tennis. Jassy first pursued Sportscasting career with stints at Fox TV, and later at ABC as a production assistant. Jassy graduated cum laude from Harvard College in government, where he was advertising manager of The Harvard Crimson. He later earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. In 1989, he wrote in The Crimson that the newspaper should continue to publish advertisements from Eastern Air Lines, despite an ongoing labor dispute there. == Career == Jassy worked for five years after graduation and before entering his MBA program, as a project manager for a collectibles company, MBI, and then he and an MBI colleague started a company and closed it down.
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