Jassy has been with Amazon for 23 years, but during that time few people will have come across his name, and even fewer will know who he is or what he does. The Harvard Business School MBA grad will be taking over as chief executive of Amazon in late 2021, relieving the founder, and former world’s richest man Jeff Bezos from the role. “Having something that you wake up in the morning and that you’re excited to do really matters.”ĭoyle wrote in a statement following the event that SEAS invites top executives from tech companies, like Jassy, to share their perspectives at lecture events.Harvard MBA graduates often land roles at big companies, but how many can say they are about to become CEO of one of the world’s largest tech firms?Īndy Jassy can. “Pick the things to do here, or when you get out of school, that you’re passionate about right now,” Jassy added. Don’t feel like you have to declare early.” “You don’t have to know what you are going to do right now in college,” Jassy said. “So that is incredibly exciting.”īeyond his career, Jassy also discussed his avid interest in sports, appreciation for family, and focus on education and racial equity through the organization Rainier Scholars, a nonprofit he supports.Īsked about career advice, Jassy encouraged exploring diverse interests, saying he had initially intended to pursue law before realizing it was not the right fit for him. And I think it’s one of the most exciting, important technology opportunities and changes since the Internet,” Jassy added. “Literally, almost every customer experience has a chance to change. “The models have gotten so much better so quickly over the last nine months.” “It’s unbelievable,” Jassy said about large language models. Jassy also discussed his views on the future of technology and generative artificial intelligence. “Almost all the most important lessons I’ve learned have been through failure - professionally, academically, all of it,” Jassy added.ĭuring the talk, Doyle said he believes Jassy’s lessons about failure are applicable to academic and research experiences at Harvard. Reflecting on Amazon’s history, Jassy said tolerance for failure and iteration is one of the reasons the company continues to innovate. Still, the project’s team was rewarded for their work and subsequently placed on other high-priority initiatives, which Jassy described as a “cultural, reaffirming experience.” Jassy said the Fire Phone - Amazon’s short-lived entry into the smartphone market - was an example of strong execution and risk-taking, though it ultimately did not succeed. Throughout the talk, Jassy discussed the importance of embracing failure. “We say yes to a lot more new ideas than most companies,” Jassy said. Jassy, who succeeded Jeff Bezos as president and CEO of Amazon in July 2021, credited Amazon’s success to its willingness to launch new projects and innovate. “People who like to look at customer experiences, figure out what can be better about them, and seek to change them or reinvent them.” We think of builders as people who like to invent,” Jassy said.
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Jassy, a former Crimson advertising manager, began the event by discussing his philosophy on how to build and manage innovative teams, underscoring decentralized product development and moving fast with reversible “two-way door” decisions. Harvard partners with AWS on research efforts on topics including quantum networking and solving global challenges through data science. Jassy, 55, joined Amazon in 1997 after receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School, holding various leadership roles in the company before founding Amazon Web Services. Jassy ’90 discussed failure, innovation, and the future of technology at a Thursday lecture moderated by School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Francis J.
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