Microsoft’s former Surface chief Panos Panay is reportedly heading to Amazon
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Photo by David Becker / Getty Images Panos Panay is reportedly joining Amazon, Bloomberg reports. The former Windows and Surface chief announced his departure from Microsoft earlier today, and Bloomberg reports that he's moving to Seattle's other giant tech company to oversee Amazon's vast hardware products.
Panay has been instrumental in the creation of Surface devices and much of their success and will no longer be presenting at Microsoft's event on Thursday. He will remain at Microsoft for another couple of weeks as part of a transition process before joining Amazon.
Panay will be taking over from Dave Limp, Amazon's outgoing hardware boss. Limp announced in August that he plans to leave in the next few months after a 13-year career at Amazon, leaving big shoes to fill....