Bezos steps down as CEO
贝索斯将卸任亚马逊CEO
Jeff Bezos is stepping down as the CEO of Amazon, 27 years after founding it with his ex-wife and building it into one of the most successful companies of all time now worth $1.7 trillion. He will be replaced by 53-year-old Andy Jassy, the current CEO of the Amazon empire cloud business Amazon Web Services.
杰夫·贝索斯将卸任亚马逊首席执行官一职,亚马逊云计算业务亚马逊网络服务首席执行官、53岁的安迪·贾西将接任他的职位。27年前,贝索斯和前妻共同创建了亚马逊,并将其打造成美国历史上最成功的公司之一,目前亚马逊市值1.7万亿美元。
Bezos, 57, announced the move in an email to his 1.3 million Amazon employees Tuesday where he insisted he isn't retiring but wants to focus on his "passions", including his space and climate change ventures.
现年57岁的贝索斯2月2日在一封致亚马逊130万员工的电子邮件中宣布了这一变动,他在邮件中坚称自己并非要退休,而是要专注于自己“热爱的事业”,包括太空和气候变化事业等。
Bezos will move to the role of Executive Chair, where he says he wants to focus on "new products and initiatives".
贝索斯将转为担任亚马逊董事会执行主席,他表示希望专注于“新产品和新方案”。
The move will not happen until the third quarter of this year.
这一变动要到今年第三季度才会实施。