Amazon’s New CEO Andy Jassy Takes Over Today: Here’s a Look at the Challenges He Faces

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’s New CEO Andy Jassy Takes Over Today: Here’s a Look at the Challenges He Faces

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on Monday got a new chief executive: Andy Jassy, the mastermind behind its lucrative cloud computing division, who succeeds company founder Jeff Bezos.

Here’s a look at the business Jassy is taking over and the challenges that await him on the job.

More than the ‘everything store’

• Bezos incorporated
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  exactly 27 years ago. The Internet bookseller he founded out of a garage has morphed into a purveyor of virtually any consumer good, online and in physical stores. It has grown far beyond even that: Jassy built an enormously profitable and market-leading business,
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  Web Services, that runs data centres serving a wide range of corporate computing needs.
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  is also expanding further afield into Hollywood and healthcare.
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  ’s stock started out at $1.50 (roughly Rs. 110) per share, when adjusting for future equity splits. It now trades at more than $3,500 (roughly Rs. 2.5 lakhs) per share and is worth over $1.7 trillion (roughly Rs. 1,26,27,460 crores) total, making it one of the most valuable companies in the world.
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  ’s annual profit almost doubled in 2020 to $21.3 billion (roughly Rs. 1,58,210 crores). That’s partly because the COVID-19 pandemic encouraged more consumers to shop online, helping the company grow revenue 38 percent to $386.1 billion (roughly Rs. 28,68,280 crores).

Regulatory pushback

• With size has come greater scrutiny. Long chased by global regulators on issues such as taxation and data collection,
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  now is fending off antitrust complaints that could lead to big fines.
• US President Joe Biden recently appointed a prominent tech critic, Lina Khan, to run the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating
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  . Though the details of the probe aren’t public, it is expected to involve
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  ’s conflict of interest as a retailer of its own products that compete with third-party merchants on its platform.
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  has been accused of using the proprietary data of third-party vendors to make cheaper, private-label versions of their products.
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  contests these claims.
• Meanwhile, Congress is considering new antitrust laws that could alter
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  ’s business. And ********* regulators have been investigating a number of the company’s practices.

Challenges closer to home

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  also faces challenges from some of the biggest US companies. Walmart, for instance, is chasing after
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  ’s home turf with a package delivery club of its own, while
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  has signed deals in the cloud with top enterprises – Walmart included – to narrow the lead of Jassy’s AWS.
• Jassy also faces potential disruption from within. 
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  is grappling with unionisation interest among warehouse employees and potentially other workers. Although it handily beat back an organising effort at its Bessemer, Alabama, fulfillment centre, labour groups including the Teamsters vow that the ****** is only beginning.
• The company likewise is hoping to maintain its allure among office staff, as some startups offer tech jobs with more flexible work schedules. The company initially said it planned an “office-centric culture,” but it soon updated guidance to requiring in-person work three days a week, in line with industry peers.

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