Senior Vice President of Enterprise Improvement at Amazon Jeff Blackburn (R) and Anne Blackburn attend the The IMDb Dinner Celebration on the Sundance Movie Competition offered by Dolby on January 28, 2019 in Park Metropolis, Utah.
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Jeff Blackburn is retiring for the second time from Amazon, the place he held a lot of high-profile management roles over 20 years.
Amazon mentioned Friday that the senior vice chairman of world media and leisure will stay on the firm by early 2023 to “guarantee a clean transition.”
Blackburn joined Amazon in 1998 and has labored on a quantity initiatives on the firm together with promoting, Amazon Studios and Prime Video service and music enterprise. He helped information Amazon by its IPO when he was a junior funding banker at Deutsche Financial institution.
“Amazon would not be the identical firm with out Jeff, and I would wish to thank him for his many contributions to the corporate’s success up to now and sooner or later,” Amazon chief Andy Jassy mentioned in an announcement.
In Feb. 2021, Blackburn introduced the primary time he was retiring from Amazon, following a year-long sabbatical. He rejoined that Might because the senior vice chairman of a brand new World Media & Leisure division, overseeing Amazon’s video, music, podcast, and gaming companies.
With Blackburn’s upcoming departure, Amazon mentioned it might make some management modifications. Mike Hopkins, the present head of Prime Video, Amazon Studios and MGM will report back to Jassy together with Steve Increase, who leads the corporate’s music and podcasting groups. Increase may also lead the corporate’s Audible, Twitch and Video games companies.
“The final 18 months have been a thrill – working with all of you in GME and launching a few of our greatest, boldest tasks ever in leisure and sports activities,” Blackburn mentioned in an announcement. “However I’ve determined to spend 2023 otherwise, giving extra time to household, and really feel strongly that is the fitting determination for me.
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