Amazon’s hardware boss running Alexa and Echo plans to retire
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#6DVAA)
Dave Limp. | Image: Getty Dave Limp, Amazon's SVP of devices and services, plans to retire in the coming months, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. His retirement marks the end of a more than 13-year career at the company.
Amazon published emails to staff from CEO Andy Jassy and Limp addressing the departure on its website. Jassy says that Limp will stay in his role for the next few months" and that the company plans to announce a successor in the coming weeks."
I remain excited and quite optimistic about the products and services we're building in Devices and Services - we're at the relative beginning of what's possible and what I believe these businesses will add for customers and the company," Jassy wrote.
Limp's organization manages popular products...