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Will Amazon Be ‘Kinder’ After Jeff Bezos?
A conversation with Recode’s Jason Del Rey
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Jeff Bezos is resigning as Amazon CEO. And because 2021 is the craziest news year on record, we mostly haven’t stopped to consider this seismic story and what it means for the business world. Jason Del Rey, a senior correspondent at Recode and author of a forthcoming book on Amazon’s battle with Walmart, joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss what Amazon looks like after Bezos.
Alex Kantrowitz: How surprised were you when you saw the news that Jeff Bezos resigned?
Jason Del Rey: I think it might’ve happened sooner, if not for the pandemic. I think many people both inside and outside of Amazon have said that this almost formalizes the way Bezos was interacting with the company for a couple years now—working on his pet projects, early big swings, trying to make time for his rocket building and other…
