Amazon CEO’s Top Lieutenant Exits Tech Giant

NBC News: Jeff Blackburn, Amazon SVP of business development and a key member of Jeff Bezos’s inner circle, said he is leaving the company. The news comes three weeks after Bezos announced he would step down as CEO and become executive chairman, leaving Amazon Web Services head Andy Jassy to lead the e-commerce giant. Hinting at future projects, Blackburn said: “I’m not retiring and will have news on what’s next for me soon.”