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Andy Jassy

Andy Jassy is Amazon's CEO, steering a company that builds AI models, agent tools, assistants, and custom chips. He joined Amazon in 1997 after earning an MBA from Harvard Business School and helped form AWS in 2002. AWS launched S3 and EC2 as major public cloud products in 2006. In 2021, he named Adam Selipsky as AWS's next CEO and succeeded Jeff Bezos as Amazon's president and CEO. He called generative AI a major technology opportunity in 2023, and TIME included him in its 2025 TIME100 AI list as Amazon expanded Bedrock AgentCore, Nova models, Amazon Q, and Trainium chips.

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Timeline

  1. 1997

    Joining Amazon

    He joins Amazon in 1997 after earning an MBA from Harvard Business School.

  2. 2002–2003

    Forming AWS

    Amazon's team forms AWS in 2002. By 2003, he takes charge of building its cloud solution and maps reusable infrastructure blocks for applications.

  3. 2006

    AWS's first public products

    AWS launches Amazon S3 as its first major public product in March 2006, and EC2 follows in August 2006.

  4. 2021

    Moving to Amazon CEO

    In March 2021, he names Adam Selipsky as the next AWS CEO. In July 2021, he succeeds Jeff Bezos as Amazon's president and CEO.

  5. 2023

    Calling AI a major opportunity

    At a Harvard talk in 2023, he calls generative AI one of the most exciting technology opportunities since the Internet.

  6. 2025

    A TIME100 AI selection

    He joins the 2025 TIME100 AI list.

  7. 2025

    Amazon's AI product portfolio

    In 2025, Amazon expands its AI push under his leadership with Bedrock AgentCore for AI agents, Nova foundation models, Amazon Q, and Trainium chips.

  8. Since 2021

    Amazon CEO and AI priorities

    He is Amazon's CEO. In September 2026, he identifies developer tools for custom models, inference, and AI agents as company priorities.

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  1. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy ’90 Calls AI One of ‘Most Exciting, Important Technology Opportunities’ at SEAS Talk thecrimson.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Dumbest question is the one you never ask, says Amazon CEO news.harvard.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. The History of AWS: How Amazon Built the Cloud builder.aws.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. AWS announces next CEO aboutamazon.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Andy Jassy: The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025 time.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy talks AI, hockey, and growth in Canada aboutamazon.ca. Checked 14 October 2026.