Amazon Devices & Services Head, Dave Limp, Is Stepping Down After 14 Years – News18

Dave Limp, head of Amazon gadgets and providers who has been with the corporate for almost 14 years has confirmed he’s stepping down, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy introduced on Tuesday.

Jassy mentioned that after virtually 14 years with Amazon and numerous contributions to the corporate, Limp has determined to retire from the corporate.

Jassy mentioned that after virtually 14 years with Amazon and numerous contributions to the corporate, Limp has determined to retire from the corporate.

“Under Limp’s leadership, Amazon has become one of the world’s leading innovators in building devices and underlying services that customers love. From Kindle readers to Fire TV to Alexa and Echo, over the past decade and a half we’ve been able to invent and keep improving experiences that help make our customers’ lives better every day,” mentioned the Amazon chief.

Limp will stay in his position for the following few months, and the corporate will announce his successor within the coming weeks.

His departure comes Amod experiences that Amazon’s expensive wager on good house gadgets has not paid off nicely.

Amazon has additionally slashed almost 27,000 roles as value chopping measures amid the financial downturn.

Limp mentioned in a weblog put up that he has made the powerful choice after virtually 14 years to depart Amazon in a number of months.

“The obvious question is why? It might be easier to explain why not. It’s not because of our team, this team is SO good and some of you I have worked with for decades. You’re all masters of your craft,” Limp mentioned.

“It’s not because I am done with Amazon. It’s time. I have been doing a version of this job (building and shipping consumer electronics) on and off for 30+ years. I love it, but I also want look into the future through a different lens,” Limp added.

Limp will not be certain what that future is true now, “with the notable exception that it won’t be in the consumer electronics space”.

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