internal
Andrew R. Jassy
President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
4 yr
20 reports
Leadership change Adam Selipsky departed as CEO, AWS (from CEO, AWS) · DEF 14A, 2025-04-10
Amazon.com, Inc. ·AMZN
Three business CEOs report directly to the Amazon CEO
Retailing · Fortune #2 · Divisional structure · 1.5M employees · Seattle, WA
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6
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 10)
2.4
Avg span
tight
3
Max depth
flat for 1.5M emp
5.8 yr
Avg tenure
stable vs FY2024
83%
Internal hires
↑ above industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$716.9B
Operating income
$80.0B
Net income
$77.7B
Total assets
$818.0B
Shares out
10.73B
Sourced from Amazon.com, Inc. DEF 14A · filed 2026-04-09 ↗ View on SEC
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Three major business CEOs—AWS, Worldwide Stores, and the Executive Chair—report directly to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, creating a flat top structure. This page maps Amazon’s divisional org, executive team, governance, and recent leadership changes, with peer comparison and scenario analysis.
What to model
Use the chart to test org decisions, not just view reporting lines
Start with the public baseline, then use the scenario views and source-backed changes to ask what happens when leadership, span, or team ownership shifts.
Latest signal Matthew S. Garman joined as CEO, Amazon Web Services
Appointed CEO of AWS effective June 2024.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief AI Officer Create a Chief AI Officer role reporting to the CEO to coordinate AI strategy across AWS, retail, and devices.
- Move Devices under AWS Shift Devices & Services to report into AWS to align hardware and AI platform strategy.
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The people
Who's running this
7 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Matthew S. Garman
Chief Executive Officer, Amazon Web Services
AWS
1 yr
3 reports
internal
Douglas J. Herrington
Chief Executive Officer, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Worldwide Stores
4 yr
4 reports
internal
Brian T. Olsavsky
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Finance
9 yr
3 reports
internal
David A. Zapolsky
Senior Vice President, Chief Global Affairs & Legal Officer
Legal & Public Policy
12 yr
2 reports
Beth Galetti
Senior Vice President, People eXperience and Technology
Human Resources
9 yr
2 reports
internal
Jeffrey P. Bezos
Founder and Executive Chair
Board / Executive
4 yr
0 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 2 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Andrew R. Jassy $2.1M
- Base salary
- $365K
- Stock awards
- $1.70M
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Brian T. Olsavsky $372K
- Base salary
- $365K
- Stock awards
- $7K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The skin in the game
Beneficial ownership
Insider stock holdings and the company's ownership requirements for executives and directors. Disclosed in the most recent DEF 14A.
| Holder | Shares | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew R. Jassy | 2.31M | <1% |
| Jeffrey P. Bezos | 950.43M | 8.8% |
The businesses
How Amazon.com, Inc. divides the work
4 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Amazon Web Services
120K employees
CEO, Amazon Web Services (Matthew S. Garman)
Global cloud computing and AI services platform.
Worldwide Amazon Stores
1.2M employees
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores (Douglas J. Herrington)
Global e-commerce, physical retail, and fulfillment operations.
Finance
10K employees
SVP & CFO (Brian T. Olsavsky)
Corporate finance, accounting, tax, and treasury.
Legal & Global Affairs
5K employees
SVP, Chief Global Affairs & Legal Officer (David A. Zapolsky)
Legal, compliance, public policy, and regulatory affairs.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
Three separate operating CEOs—AWS, Worldwide Stores, and the Executive Chair—report directly to Andrew Jassy, creating an unusually flat top structure for a company of Amazon’s scale.
This design concentrates strategic accountability at the CEO level while allowing each major business to operate with near-autonomous P&L ownership. The structure reflects Amazon’s history of scaling new businesses internally and promoting long-tenured leaders into CEO roles.
The absence of a traditional COO is notable; instead, operational complexity is handled through strong divisional CEOs and a powerful finance function. This model reduces layers between the CEO and core businesses, enabling faster capital allocation and strategic pivots, particularly important given AWS’s outsized contribution to operating income relative to retail.
- No COO role
- Three major business CEOs
- High internal promotion rate
The comparison
How Amazon.com, Inc. stacks up
Compared with peers like Alphabet and Microsoft, Amazon places more direct-reporting responsibility on its CEO by having multiple business CEOs report in parallel. Apple, by contrast, remains more functionally oriented with fewer P&L CEOs. Walmart’s structure is closer to Amazon’s retail side but lacks an …
Reporting depth
Current signals
What changed recently
The most significant recent change was the June 2024 transition of AWS leadership from Adam Selipsky to Matt Garman.
- Date not confirmed new
- Date not confirmed departed
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-04-09
- CEO
- Andrew R. Jassy
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 5.8 yr
AWS leadership transition completed mid-year.
Named executive officers (6)
- Andrew R. Jassy - CEO since 2021
- Jeffrey P. Bezos - Executive Chair since 2021
- Brian T. Olsavsky - CFO since 2016
- Matthew S. Garman - CEO, AWS since 2024
- Douglas J. Herrington - CEO, Worldwide Stores since 2021
- David A. Zapolsky - Chief Legal Officer since 2013
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-04-10
- CEO
- Andrew R. Jassy
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 5.5 yr
AWS CEO succession announced.
Named executive officers (6)
- Andrew R. Jassy - CEO since 2021
- Jeffrey P. Bezos - Executive Chair since 2021
- Brian T. Olsavsky - CFO since 2016
- Adam Selipsky - CEO, AWS since 2021
- Douglas J. Herrington - CEO, Worldwide Stores since 2021
- David A. Zapolsky - Chief Legal Officer since 2013
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-04-11
- CEO
- Andrew R. Jassy
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 5.2 yr
Stable post-Bezos transition leadership.
Named executive officers (6)
- Andrew R. Jassy - CEO since 2021
- Jeffrey P. Bezos - Executive Chair since 2021
- Brian T. Olsavsky - CFO since 2016
- Adam Selipsky - CEO, AWS since 2021
- Douglas J. Herrington - CEO, Worldwide Stores since 2021
- David A. Zapolsky - Chief Legal Officer since 2013
Year-over-year changes
AWS leadership transitioned from Selipsky to Garman with no change in overall CEO span.
- Avg tenure: 5.5 → 5.8 yr
- retitled Matthew S. Garman - CEO, AWS (was SVP, AWS Services) (DEF 14A, 2026-04-09)
- departed Adam Selipsky - CEO, AWS (was CEO, AWS) (DEF 14A, 2025-04-10)
The board
Board of directors
5 directors. 3 of 5 independent (60%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.
Andrew R. Jassy
Inside
President and CEO, Amazon
Jeffrey P. Bezos
Chair Inside
Executive Chair, Amazon
Jamie S. Gorelick
Lead Indep. Independent
Senior Counsel, WilmerHale
Also on: VeriSign
Edith W. Cooper
Independent
Co-Founder, Medley Living
Also on: PepsiCo
Daniel P. Huttenlocher
Independent
Dean, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Also on: Corning
The board, organized
Board committees
3 standing committees. Audit and Compensation must be 100% independent under SEC rules; the rest vary.
Audit Committee
100% independent
Leadership Development and Compensation Committee
100% independent
- Edith W. Cooper Chair
- Daniel P. Huttenlocher
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
100% independent
- Jamie S. Gorelick
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Amazon.com, Inc.?
Andrew R. Jassy has served as President and CEO since July 2021.
What type of organizational structure does Amazon.com, Inc. use?
Amazon uses a divisional structure with major businesses led by separate CEOs.
How many direct reports does Amazon.com's CEO have?
The CEO has six direct reports, including the AWS and Worldwide Stores CEOs.
How has Amazon.com's leadership changed recently?
In June 2024, Matt Garman became CEO of AWS, replacing Adam Selipsky.
Does Amazon.com have a COO?
No, Amazon does not have a Chief Operating Officer; operations are led by divisional CEOs.
Sources
- Company Proxy, Apr 2025
- DEF 14A, Apr 2025
- SEC EDGAR: Amazon.com, Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Amazon.com, Inc. 10-K Annual Report
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