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Jeff Bezos sells more than $2.4B in Amazon stock

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This is his first stock sale of 2021. Bezos is the world’s richest person, currently with a net worth of $191 billion, according to Bloomberg. He is stepping down as CEO later this year and will be replaced by Amazon Web Services chief Andy Jassy. 21 on Bloomberg’s list with a net worth of $57.8

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Amazon will have a new CEO as Jeff Bezos transitions to executive chair later this year

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO and transition to a new position at the company as executive chair of the Amazon board in Q3 2021. Andy Jassy , who currently serves as CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), will replace Bezos as Amazon CEO. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Seattle hoops legend Jamal Crawford defends his use of BlackBerry phone: ‘It’s the keyboard’

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It's 2021 and @JCrossover is still rocking a Blackberry. — NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) March 26, 2021. The longtime NBA player, who last played for the Brooklyn Nets during the 2019 season, was a standout player at Seattle’s Rainier Beach High School in the late 1990s. pic.twitter.com/LFMkmsAJhB. ”

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Amazon delivers big earnings miss, Jassy warns Q4 will bring ‘several billion dollars of additional costs’

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Net sales rose 15% to $110.8 For the first time in Amazon’s history, the company’s revenue from online and physical retail store sales represented less than 50% of its overall revenue for the quarter, due to steady increases in areas such as its Amazon Web Services cloud business and revenue from advertising.

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Tech Moves: Tomo co-founder steps down; Usermind co-founder joins Ironclad; ex-Google director back at Microsoft

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(GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) — Michel Feaster , who co-founded and led Usermind for eight years before its acquisition to Qualtrics in 2021, joined San Francisco-based contract management startup Ironclad as chief product officer. Seattle-based Usermind helped companies acquire, retain, and service customers.

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Amazon’s latest earnings cap off a sterling 2020, despite the pandemic

The Verge

Amazon founder and soon-to-be-former CEO Jeff Bezos is stepping down from his role , making way for Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy to take his place, and the company couldn’t be in better shape financially for the big transition. Amazon’s full-year 2020 net sales were up 38 percent, to $386.1

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Amazon blows past estimates for holiday quarter, sets record with $125.6B in revenue

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Amazon Web Services chief Andy Jassy will replace Bezos, who founded Amazon 27 years ago. The Seattle tech giant has surged amid the pandemic as consumers turn to online shopping and more people rely on its cloud arm, Amazon Web Services. Profit: Amazon reported net income of $7.2 billion in sales.