Amazon’s CEO of Worldwide Consumer business David Clark to step down after 23 years

Amazon.com Inc stated on Friday the chief govt officer of its worldwide client enterprise, David Clark, was leaving the corporate after 23 years of service to pursue different alternatives.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated he expects to be prepared with an replace on Clark’s succession over the subsequent few weeks. Clark’s final day in workplace can be July 1.

Clark, who joined Amazon in 1999 proper after graduating from his MBA program, has led groups that designed success facilities and transportation networks.

He turned the CEO of Worldwide Shopper, a unit that handles Amazon’s global websites, in January final 12 months when the corporate’s e-commerce gross sales surged through the pandemic.

Clark’s departure is the second high-profile exit this week after Meta Platforms Inc’s operations chief, Sheryl Sandberg, introduced that she was leaving the corporate after 14 years.

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