Three years after taking the helm, AWS CEO logs off
AWS CEO: The CEO of Amazon Web Services, Adam Selipsky, is resigning in order to undertake new endeavors. Matt Garman, an AWS veteran, now has the responsibility for the cloud giant’s future.…
In a letter released on Tuesday, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy—who oversaw AWS from Jeff Bezos’ exit in 2021—thanked Selipsky for his 15 years of service.
CEO Transition at Amazon Web Services
Before becoming the CEO of AWS, Selipsky oversaw the sales, marketing, and support teams for the cloud company for nearly ten years before leaving to become the CEO of Tableau. Later, in the middle of the epidemic, he was lured back to AWS, a charge Jassy acknowledged was always going to be fleeting.
“Over the past three years, I’d like to thank Adam for everything he’s done to lead AWS,” Jassy said. “He assumed leadership in the midst of the epidemic, which brought with it a variety of leadership and commercial obstacles. Even if it meant less short-term revenue for AWS, the team under his guidance made the appropriate long-term choice to assist clients become more efficient in their spending.”
However, Jassy claims that Selipsky’s job was always intended to be temporary. It appears that this day has finally arrived, as Selipsky is rumored to be leaving to pursue new opportunities after a little hiatus.
“After nearly 15 years with AWS, I’m leaving. “It has been an honor to help lead this business from pre-revenue to $100 billion in annualized revenue,” he wrote in a social media post. “I’m looking forward to taking some time off with my family, while taking the opportunity to think about my next adventure!”
It’s unclear what the next adventure will entail. If we had to predict, Selipsky will be at the helm of some new firm by the end of this year.
Successor and Continuity
Matt Garman, who will succeed Selipsky on June 3, is positioned to continue in that line of work. The 18-year veteran of the cloud industry began his tenure with Amazon in 200x as an intern. Later, he assumed leadership roles in multiple critical product divisions, including Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud and AWS Compute services
“Matt’s portfolio of skills and experiences is notably robust, which is highly commendable for his new position,” Jassy said of the most recent CEO of AWS. “He’s very customer focused, a terrific product leader, inventive, a clever problem-solver, right a lot, has high standards and meaningful bias for action, and in the 18 years he’s been in AWS, he’s been one of the better learners I’ve encountered.”
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Future Direction and Investments
Massive expenditures in datacenter infrastructure, including a $11 billion campus in Indiana, are underway to support Jassy’s AI goals, prompting the leadership change.
