Meet Andy Jassy, the man who takes over as Amazon’s new boss

Andy Jassy, former head of Amazon Web Services (AWS), takes charge of Amazon.com's operations from Monday. The 53-year-old replaces Jeff Bezos as the CEO of the world's largest e-commerce firm. Here is all you need to know.

The former head of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Andy Jassy officially took over as the CEO of Amazon.com after the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, stepped down as the e-commerce giant’s boss on Monday. Jassy, 53, takes over proceedings from Bezos who will remain Amazon's executive chairman and the company's biggest shareholder. It marks the end of an era for the man who started Amazon from a garage in 1994 and took it to unimaginable heights over the years.