Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more.
(Reuters) — Amazon on Tuesday appointed Salesforce executive Adam Selipsky to lead its high-margin cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services.
The move comes as AWS’ current lead Andy Jassy is vacating the role to become the chief executive officer of Amazon, after Jeff Bezos announced his exit in February.
AWS, a key part of Amazon’s growth strategy, has raked in record profits for the world’s largest online retailer, and counts scores of startups, big corporations and many government agencies among its clients.
Seattle-based Amazon said Selipsky, one of the first VPs hired in AWS in 2005 who ran the cloud computing division’s sales, marketing, and support for 11 years, will return to AWS on May 17.
Selipsky became the CEO of Salesforce’s Tableau Software unit in 2016, and under his leadership the value of the division quadrupled in just a few years, Amazon said.
VentureBeat
VentureBeat’s mission is to be a digital town square for technical decision-makers to gain knowledge about transformative technology and transact. Our site delivers essential information on data technologies and strategies to guide you as you lead your organizations. We invite you to become a member of our community, to access:
- up-to-date information on the subjects of interest to you
- our newsletters
- gated thought-leader content and discounted access to our prized events, such as Transform 2021: Learn More
- networking features, and more
