AWS Restructure - Is That Crazy?

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The restructure corporately, Jeff Bezos becomes CEO of the whole company. Andy Jassy becomes CEO of all of Amazon. Adam Slipsky becomes CEO of Amazon Web Services. That year, AWS does $12 billion in revenue over 50% of the company's operating profits. They also bought Annapurna Labs, this Israeli company, and they started custom designing chips which we've seen in both their training chips.

So, how DID an online book retailer end up building the infrastructure layer that powers the entire internet? (Or at least 39% of it, per latest market share data.) While many myths, legends, and some downright falsehoods exist, the real answer to that question deserves a full Acquired episode of its very own. So here it is: the story of Amazon Web Services. Who’s got the truth? Tune in and find out. :)

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