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- What does Andy do for a living?
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- What are Andy’s interests and hobbies?
- Is Andy married or does he have a girlfriend/ boyfriend?
- Does Andy have any children?
- Where is Andy now?
- How tall is Andy?
- How much money does Andy earn?
- What is Andy’s net worth?
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Who is Andy Jassy?
Andrew R. Jassy abbreviated as Andy Jassy is a prominent American business executive who is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Amazon. Before being appointed by Jeff Bezos and the Amazon board during the fourth quarter of 2020, he served as the SVP and later from 2003 to 2021 as the CEO of AWS.
How Old Is Andy Jassy?
He is 55 years old as of January 2023, having been born on January 13, 1968, in Scarsdale, New York, U.S. Andy shares his birthdate with celebrities such as; Griffin Johnson, Natalia Dyer, Liam Hemsworth, Patrick Dempsey, Nique, and many more.
Andy Jassy Family
Who are Andy Jassy Parents?
He was born to Everett L. Jassy (Father) and Margery Jassy (Mother). His father was a senior partner in the corporate law firm Dewey Ballantine and chairman of the firm’s management committee.
Does Andy Jassy have Siblings?
He has a sister by the name of Kathy Savitt.
Andy Jassy Education
He received his high school education at Scarsdale High School where he played varsity soccer and tennis. After high school, he attended Havard College, where he graduated cum laude in government where he was the advertising manager of The Harvard Crimson. Later, he attended Harvard Business School where he earned an MBA.
Andy Jassy Marital Status
He is married to the love of his life Elana Rochelle Caplan, a fashion designer for Eddie Bauer. They married in 1997.
Andy Jassy Kids
He and his wife have two kids. However, his kids’ names and whereabouts are not mentioned on the internet.
Andy Jassy Career
After graduation, he worked for five years before entering his MBA program as a project manager for a collectibles company, MBI. And then he and his MBI colleague started a company and closed it down. In 1997, he joined Amazon as a marketing manager with several other Havard MBA colleagues. In 2003, he and Jeff Bezos came up with the idea to create the cloud computing platform that became known as Amazon Web Services which launched in 2006. He headed it and its team of 57 people. He was then named Person of the Year in March 2016 by the Financial Times.
Later after one month, he was promoted from senior vice president to the chief executive officer of Amazon Web Services. That same year, he earned $36.6 million. Because of his work as chief executive officer of Amazon Web Services, he earned a base compensation of $175,000 in 2020, plus a restricted stock unit award of 4,023 shares (a value of $12,104,844.93 as of July 26, 2929) of Amazon with vesting beginning 2023. Moreover, he 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 37.55 in 2021, 12.5% in 2022, 37.5% in 2023, and 12.5% in 2024.
Bezos designated his official successor as CEO in January 2021, the announcement was made on February 2 during Q4’s earnings release. The transition was scheduled for Q3 2021 and May 26, and July 5 was confirmed as the handover date. On the same day, Jassy assumed the office the same day Bezos had founded the company in 1994. During his first year running Amazon, he received a pay package of $212.7 million, a substantial increase from his 2020 compensation.
Andy Jassy Height and Measurements
Adding up to his well-built body is a height of 5ft 10 inches (1.78m) and a weight of 72kg (158 lbs).
Andy Jassy Salary and Net Worth
In 2021, he received $214 million in compensation 6,474 times his median worker’s salary of $32,855. And has a net worth of $400 million.