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Inside Amazon’s Transfer of Power

Jeff Bezos will remain involved in 'many large, one-way door issues'

Jeff Bezos will assume the role of executive chair in Q3.Brent Lewis/Getty Images
By Lisa Lacy

February 3, 2021

Only Amazon could upstage its own earnings announcement with a bombshell about the future of the company. But that’s what happened Tuesday when the platform’s Q4 results were overshadowed by news of Jeff Bezos stepping down as CEO this summer.

Lisa Lacy

Lisa Lacy is Adweek's Commerce Editor.

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