In a surprise pick, Amazon taps Adam Selipsky to lead its cloud-computing division

Who will succeed Andy Jassey

Amazon has announced Adam Selipsky, CEO of Seattle software maker, who will succeed Andy Jassy in the cloud computing sector. Amazon’s announcement comes unexpectedly and surprisingly, and Andy Jassy announced this news to his employees in an email, and that Jassy will replace Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as CEO of the giant company later this year 2021.

What Andy Jassy said about Adam Selipsky

In his email to his employees, Jassy wrote about Adam Selipsky’s qualities, saying: He has a strong judgment and an obsession with customers, team building, and demand generation, and his experience as CEO of the Amazon Web services will be really strong, and he expressed his enthusiasm for the achievements that await the Amazon cloud platform in the era of the next CEO.

Who is Adam Selipsky

It is not a new face to Amazon. Adam Selipsky previously worked in the Amazon Web Services for 11 years as an executive director in a senior-level role overseeing the cloud computing unit sales and marketing, technical support, and customer service. It was the right hand for Jassy and contributed to the cloud computing unit outperforming its competitors in the sector, Google and Microsoft.
In 2016 Adam Selipsky left the Amazon cloud platform and assumed the highest position in Tableau. The company’s market value has more than doubled during the tenure of Adam Selipsky its leadership more than 5 times, and it acquired Salesforce in 2019 for $ 15.7 billion, which is one of the largest buying deals for the company. Based in Washington.
The field of work of the company Tabeau is in operating data analyzes and converting them into charts and graphs, and the company has a huge audience base from all segments of society, including businessmen, researchers, business executives, and employees.

An unexpected surprise in the cloud computing sector

Several industry watchers expressed surprise at this statement made by Andy Jassy on social media, as many expected Jassy’s successor to be: Matt Garman or Peter Desantis.
Selipsky will join next May and take over the Amazon cloud platform after a period of weeks.