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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2023
The challenges facing Amazon's new CEO, Andy Jassy

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Reuters
05 July, 2021, 08:30 pm
Last modified: 05 July, 2021, 08:33 pm

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The challenges facing Amazon's new CEO, Andy Jassy

With size has come greater scrutiny. Long chased by global regulators on issues such as taxation and data collection, Amazon now is fending off antitrust complaints that could lead to big fines

Reuters
05 July, 2021, 08:30 pm
Last modified: 05 July, 2021, 08:33 pm
Andy Jassy, CEO Amazon Web Services, speaks at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, US, October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Andy Jassy, CEO Amazon Web Services, speaks at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, US, October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Amazon.com Inc on Monday got a new chief executive: Andy Jassy, the mastermind behind its lucrative cloud computing division, who succeeds company founder Jeff Bezos.

Here's a look at the business Jassy is taking over and the challenges that await him on the job.

* Bezos incorporated Amazon exactly 27 years ago. The internet bookseller he founded out of a garage has morphed into a purveyor of virtually any consumer good, online and in physical stores. It has grown far beyond even that: Jassy built an enormously profitable and market-leading business, Amazon Web Services, that runs data centers serving a wide range of corporate computing needs. Amazon is also expanding further afield into Hollywood and healthcare.

* Amazon's stock started out at $1.50 per share, when adjusting for future equity splits. It now trades at more than $3,500 per share and is worth over $1.7 trillion total, making it one of the most valuable companies in the world.

* Amazon's annual profit almost doubled in 2020 to $21.3 billion. That's partly because the Covid-19 pandemic encouraged more consumers to shop online, helping the company grow revenue 38% to $386.1 billion.

* With size has come greater scrutiny. Long chased by global regulators on issues such as taxation and data collection, Amazon now is fending off antitrust complaints that could lead to big fines.

* US President Joe Biden recently appointed a prominent tech critic, Lina Khan, to run the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating Amazon. Though the details of the probe aren't public, it is expected to involve Amazon's conflict of interest as a retailer of its own products that compete with third-party merchants on its platform. Amazon has been accused of using the proprietary data of third-party vendors to make cheaper, private-label versions of their products. Amazon contests these claims.

* Meanwhile, Congress is considering new antitrust laws that could alter Amazon's business. And European regulators have been investigating a number of the company's practices.

* Amazon also faces challenges from some of the biggest US companies. Walmart Inc, for instance, is chasing after Amazon's home turf with a package delivery club of its own, while Microsoft Corp has signed deals in the cloud with top enterprises - Walmart included - to narrow the lead of Jassy's AWS.

* Jassy also faces potential disruption from within. Amazon is grappling with unionization interest among warehouse employees and potentially other workers. Although it handily beat back an organizing effort at its Bessemer, Alabama, fulfillment center, labor groups including the Teamsters vow that the fight is only beginning.

* The company likewise is hoping to maintain its allure among office staff, as some startups offer tech jobs with more flexible work schedules. The company initially said it planned an "office-centric culture," but it soon updated guidance to requiring in-person work three days a week, in line with industry peers.

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