Amazon's advertising boss now reports directly to Jeff Bezos, a change that shows how serious of a threat it is to Google and Facebook's core business
Kotas first joined Amazon in 1999, making him one of the company's longest-tenured executives. He was one of the first employees to leave D.E. Shaw — Bezos's former employer — to join Amazon, but he had pushed back his move a couple of years, costing him a fortune in stock compensation, according to Brad Stone's book,Jeff Wilke, CEO of worldwide consumer
Wilke is one of the three CEOs at Amazon, alongside Bezos and Andy Jassy, who runs the AWS cloud division. Wilke, who first joined Amazon in 1999, is in charge of everything on the retail side, including the marketplace, Prime memberships, and Whole Foods. Jassy, who started at Amazon in 1997, is the face of the AWS cloud division. As CEO of AWS, Jassy runs all aspects of the $35 billion business, and is considered one of Bezos's most trusted lieutenants.
last year for his continued service. "You're a big reason I'm able to be so busy and not go nuts — in fact, you somehow even make it calm!" Bezos wrote.Kotas joined Amazon in 1999, after a brief stint at D.E. Shaw, Bezos's former employer. He's in charge of Amazon's advertising business, which has been one of the fastest growing and most profitable parts of the company in recent years.
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