Senior Vice President of Organization Improvement at Amazon Jeff Blackburn (R) and Anne Blackburn attend the The IMDb Meal Celebration at the Sundance Movie Pageant offered by Dolby on January 28, 2019 in Park City, Utah.
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Jeff Blackburn is retiring for the next time from Amazon, in which he held a amount of higher-profile leadership roles in excess of two decades.
Amazon explained Friday that the senior vice president of world media and amusement will stay at the company by means of early 2023 to “assure a smooth changeover.”
Blackburn joined Amazon in 1998 and has labored on a selection initiatives at the firm which include advertising and marketing, Amazon Studios and Prime Online video company and songs organization. He assisted tutorial Amazon by its IPO when he was a junior financial investment banker at Deutsche Financial institution.
“Amazon would not be the exact same enterprise with out Jeff, and I’d like to thank him for his quite a few contributions to the company’s good results thus considerably and in the foreseeable future,” Amazon chief Andy Jassy stated in a statement.
In Feb. 2021, Blackburn announced the initial time he was retiring from Amazon, subsequent a year-extensive sabbatical. He rejoined that Might as the senior vice president of a new World Media & Leisure division, overseeing Amazon’s movie, songs, podcast, and gaming enterprises.
With Blackburn’s future departure, Amazon stated it would make some management modifications. Mike Hodges, the recent head of Key Movie, Amazon Studios and MGM will report to Jassy together with Steve Boom, who qualified prospects the company’s songs and podcasting teams. Boom will also direct the company’s Audible, Twitch and Game titles enterprises.
“The past 18 months have been a thrill – performing with all of you in GME and launching some of our most significant, boldest jobs ever in enjoyment and sports,” Blackburn explained in a statement. “But I have determined to commit 2023 in a different way, giving a lot more time to household, and really feel strongly this is the ideal conclusion for me.
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