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Andy Jassy

Andy Jassy

President and CEO of Amazon

Appears in 2 stories

Born: 1968 (age 58 years), New York
Education: Scarsdale High School, Harvard University, Harvard College, and more
Spouse: Elana Rochelle Caplan (m. 1997)
Parents: Margery Jassy and Everett L. Jassy

Notable Quotes

“Pretty much every Amazon project starts with a code name.” — Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO

Stories

Amazon's pending acquisition of Globalstar

Money Moves

Driving the satellite expansion

A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Sunday morning carrying replacement satellites Globalstar needs to keep its mobile network alive. The same launch ticks off one of the conditions Amazon set before paying about $10.7 billion to buy the company.

Updated May 17

Amazon’s Leo constellation is growing fast—just not fast enough for the FCC clock

Built World

Overseeing Amazon’s multi-billion-dollar bet on a second broadband platform

At 3:28 a.m. ET on December 16, ULA lit an Atlas V and pushed 27 Amazon Leo broadband satellites into orbit. It's another clean launch in a campaign that's starting to look like a metronome: stack satellites, light rocket, repeat.

Updated May 15