Amazon consumer business chief Jeff Wilke set to retire next year

Jeff Wilke, the CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer division, is set to retire early next year after serving the company for over two decades.

Dave Clark, Amazon’s Senior Vice President of Retail Operations, will succeed Wilke, Amazon said in a statement on Friday.

In a memo to employees, Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos called Wilke his “tutor”.

Wilke, who joined the company in 1999, is often credited with shaping the logistics system that the e-commerce giant has today.

“When you see us taking care of customers, you can thank Jeff for it,” Bezos said in the memo, announcing Wilke’s departure from the company.