Amazon names Selipsky to lead Cloud after Jassy becomes CEO

Amazon.com Inc. is bringing a former executive back to run its cloud computing division, poaching a top leader from Salesforce.com Inc.

Adam Selipsky will lead Amazon Web Services, the company told employees in an email on Tuesday, replacing Andy Jassy, who is set to succeed Jeff Bezos as Amazon’s chief executive officer. Bezos will take the role of executive chairman in the third quarter of this year.

Selipsky, 54, has been CEO of Tableau since 2016, guiding the Seattle company through a reboot of its data visualization software business and its $15.3 billion sale to Salesforce.com in 2019. Before joining Tableau, Selipsky was Jassy’s right hand at Amazon’s cloud unit, serving in a chief operating officer-like role that saw him overseeing the unit’s sales, marketing,