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Chief executive of Amazon Jeff Bezos is stepping down to become executive chair and is set to transition to his new role in the third quarter of the year.
In a 2 February press release, the online retail behemoth said that Bezos will hand the reins over to Andy Jassy, the CEO of the company’s cloud computing services.