Andy Jassy Biography – Andy Jassy Wiki
Andy Jassy born Andrew R. Jassy is an American businessman and the CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS). He is also one of the minority owners of the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League. Jassy has led AWS since its inception in 2003. He will replace Jeff Bezos as CEO of Amazon on July 5, 2021. Bezos will become executive chairman. On February 2, 2021, it was announced that Jassy will take after Jeff Bezos as the CEO of Amazon sometime in the third quarter of 2021, with Bezos transitioning to executive chairman. This will take effect on July 5, 2021.
He worked for 5 years after graduating before undertaking his MBA program. He served as a project manager for a collectibles company, MBI, and then he and an MBI colleague began a company and closed it down. He joined Amazon in 1997, with a number of other Harvard MBA colleagues. His early roles included marketing manager. In 2003, partnering with Jeff Bezos, they came up with the idea to create the cloud computing platform that would become known as Amazon Web Services (AWS), which launched in 2006. He became the head of AWS and its team of 57 people. In March 2016, he was named a Person of the Year by the Financial Times. After a month, he got a promotion from senior vice president to CEO of AWS. That year Jassy earned $36.6 million.
In 2020, for his work as CEO of AWS, he earned a base compensation of $175,000, plus a restricted stock unit award of 4,023 shares (a value of $12,104,844.93 as of July 26, 2020, of Amazon with vesting starting in 2023. He also received a restricted stock unit award in April 2018 for 10,000 shares (a value of $30,089,100 as of July 26, 2020), which vest 37.5% in 2021, 12.5% in 2022, 37.5% in 2023, and 12.5% in 2024.
He is also the chairman of Rainier Prep, a charter school in Seattle. He undertook his studies at Scarsdale High School and proceeded to graduate with honors, cum laude, from Harvard College in government, where he worked as advertising manager of The Harvard Crimson, before earning an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Andy Jassy Age
He was born on January 13, 1968 in Scarsdale, New York, United States.
Andy Jassy Wife
He married his wife Elana Rochelle Caplan in August 1997 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. Caplan is a fashion designer for Eddie Bauer and a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science. Their wedding was officiated by New York Rabbi James Brandt, a cousin of Elana. Both their fathers were senior partners in the law firm Dewey Ballantine.
Andy Jassy Parents
He is the son of Everett L. Jassy and Margery Jassy. He is Jewish with Hungarian ancestry. His father was a senior partner in the corporate law firm Dewey Ballantine in New York and chairman of the firm’s management committee. He was brought up in Scarsdale, and has, a sibling, a sister named Kathy Savitt.
Andy Jassy Children
With his wife Caplan, the couple has two children.
Andy Jassy House
His family resides in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, in a 10,000-square-foot house bought in 2009 for $3.1 million. In October 2020, it was reported that he had purchased a $6.7 million 5,500-square-foot house in Santa Monica, California.
Andy Jassy Net Worth
Andy Jassy’s net worth is estimated t be around US$440 million as of February 2021.
Andy Jassy Twitter
He is active on Twitter at his handle @ajassy.
