World’s richest person Jeff Bezos is set to step down as Amazon CEO today (Monday, July 5), 27 years after he set-up the e-commerce giant. The 57-year-old Bezos has revealed that he will now expand his private space exploration firm, philanthropy and other endeavours. Andy Jassy, who joined Amazon in 1997 as a marketing manager, will take over the charge of Amazon from today. Bezos is the world's first-ever person to amass a USD 200 billion fortune. Bezos also revealed that he decided to chose the date because July 5 is a sentimental one for him.

Source: dna July 05, 2021 02:37 UTC