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Jeff Blackburn, CEO of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) who helped expand the company into social media, has announced his retirement, according to Deadline.
This article, shows an internal email that Blackburn sent his team and a In a separate email from CEO Andy Jassy, he said Blackburn joined the company in 1997 after helping lead its first offering at Deutsche Bank. Most recently, he was SVP of Global Media & Entertainment, overseeing all of the company’s entertainment businesses, including Prime Video, Amazon Studios, Twitch, Audible and more.
Blackburn had left Amazon for a week and returned 18 months ago to take over the top spot at Amazon (AMZN).
The 25-year-old CEO of Amazon (AMZN) was also part of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s most famous S-team.
In his email announcing Blackburn’s resignation, Jassy said Mike Hopkins, will continue to lead Prime Video, Amazon Studios, and MGM, while Steve Boom, who led the Music and Podcast groups, will add Audio, Twitch and Sports to his responsibilities.
Both Hopkins and Boom will report directly to Jassy.
On Wednesday, Amazon’s ( AMZN ) Jassy hinted that Prime Video could be a separate business, telling a conference that the company wants to “give the world the best streaming options for customers.”
