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Andy Jassy

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Andy Jassy is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, a role he has held since July 2021.

Last updated Oct 5, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Role
President & CEO
Company
Based
Seattle, Washington, United States
Boards
1
Connections
5

AI-drafted from public sources7 sources cited

Years in industry
15 years

Bio

Andy Jassy is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, a role he has held since July 2021. Jassy has publicly identified Amazon's advertising business as having "high potential" comparable to its AWS cloud division. At the 2025 Cannes Lions festival, where he accepted the "Media Person of the Year" award, Jassy discussed how Amazon's culture of questioning assumptions has shaped the company's advertising offerings. He has described Amazon's value proposition to advertisers as the ability to reach audiences across streaming, sports, and Prime Video properties, through to the point of purchase, unified by audience curation and measurement capabilities. Source 1: unifygtm.com — Who is the CEO of Amazon in 2026? Andy Jassy Source 2: retaildive.com — Andy Jassy touts Amazon's advertising potential Source 3: amazon.com — Amazon CEO Andy Jassy takes the stage at Cannes Lions ...

Career

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Expertise & education

Expertise

Retail Media NetworksProgrammatic AdvertisingDemand-Side Platforms (DSP)First-Party Data StrategyConnected TV (CTV) AdvertisingCloud Infrastructure for AdTechData Clean RoomsStreaming Advertising

Education

  • BA, Government and Economics, Harvard University
  • MBA, Harvard Business School