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What you need to know about Amazon today: April 13, 2026
CEO Andy Jassy's 2025 Letter to Shareholders
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has published his annual letter to shareholders on Thursday. In it, he writes about why progress is rarely a straight line, including how Amazon navigates disproportionate inflections by betting big, being willing to go back to the starting line, and cultivating a culture that can cope with squiggly lines. Here's how the letter begins:
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has published his annual letter to shareholders on Thursday. In it, he writes about why progress is rarely a straight line, including how Amazon navigates disproportionate inflections by betting big, being willing to go back to the starting line, and cultivating a culture that can cope with squiggly lines. Here's how the letter begins:
"Dear Shareholders:
When I graduated from college, I wanted to be a sportscaster. After sending my resume reel to many small markets around the U.S., and only getting two nibbles, I settled on doing sports production at a major network. To make extra money, I also coached my former high school soccer team, and worked at a retail golf store. Six months later, a college classmate convinced me to interview at the consumer products company where he worked, and I spent three years as a Product Manager there. I left that job to try some of my own businesses. After deciding these businesses weren't my calling, I tried short stints in sales and investment banking, before going back to graduate school and ending up at Amazon three days after my last final exam in May 1997.
Not exactly a straight line."
When I graduated from college, I wanted to be a sportscaster. After sending my resume reel to many small markets around the U.S., and only getting two nibbles, I settled on doing sports production at a major network. To make extra money, I also coached my former high school soccer team, and worked at a retail golf store. Six months later, a college classmate convinced me to interview at the consumer products company where he worked, and I spent three years as a Product Manager there. I left that job to try some of my own businesses. After deciding these businesses weren't my calling, I tried short stints in sales and investment banking, before going back to graduate school and ending up at Amazon three days after my last final exam in May 1997.
Not exactly a straight line."
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy talks 6 truths surrounding the rise of AI
No doubt, AI will fundamentally alter the customer experience. But it has also given rise to much debate. As Amazon CEO Andy Jassy shares in his latest letter to shareholders, there are key truths about the technology-and AWS's role in this land rush-that are tough to debate. He shares six of them in this excerpt.
No doubt, AI will fundamentally alter the customer experience. But it has also given rise to much debate. As Amazon CEO Andy Jassy shares in his latest letter to shareholders, there are key truths about the technology-and AWS's role in this land rush-that are tough to debate. He shares six of them in this excerpt.
CEO Andy Jassy shares 3 ways Amazon is innovating to make customers' lives easier and better
To deliver for customers, it's essential to anticipate what will make their lives easier and better every day, and wherever possible, to invent the next inflections. In the an excerpt from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's latest annual letter to shareholders, he shares three ways the company is innovating to achieve that.
To deliver for customers, it's essential to anticipate what will make their lives easier and better every day, and wherever possible, to invent the next inflections. In the an excerpt from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's latest annual letter to shareholders, he shares three ways the company is innovating to achieve that.
Amazon plans to invest $25 billion in Mississippi data centers, create 2,000 jobs
Amazon has announced its total planned investment in Mississippi has reached $25 billion, with plans to create 2,000 high-skilled jobs across its data center operations statewide. The investment is projected to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue, providing funding for essential services, schools, and infrastructure improvements. The $25 billion planned investment also directly enables Entergy Mississippi's Superpower Mississippi initiative-a commitment to modernize the state's energy grid with $300 million in improvements. We have also invested in carbon-free energy projects that are enabling 616 megawatts of solar and wind power, and by 2027, our Canton campus will transition to 100% recycled wastewater for cooling. We are also partnering with local organizations to support education, workforce development, and community initiatives, including investing more than $12 million into the local workforce and education system since 2024.
Amazon has announced its total planned investment in Mississippi has reached $25 billion, with plans to create 2,000 high-skilled jobs across its data center operations statewide. The investment is projected to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue, providing funding for essential services, schools, and infrastructure improvements. The $25 billion planned investment also directly enables Entergy Mississippi's Superpower Mississippi initiative-a commitment to modernize the state's energy grid with $300 million in improvements. We have also invested in carbon-free energy projects that are enabling 616 megawatts of solar and wind power, and by 2027, our Canton campus will transition to 100% recycled wastewater for cooling. We are also partnering with local organizations to support education, workforce development, and community initiatives, including investing more than $12 million into the local workforce and education system since 2024.
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