Meet Amazon's new top boss Andy Jassy, who succeeds Jeff Bezos as CEO

His loyal lieutenant will take Amazon's helm as the company faces ever-growing scrutiny

Who, you might ask at this moment, is Andy Jassy?

He’s a talented entrepreneur, for sure, having built Amazon Web Services from a skunkworks inside a larger company starting in 2006 to one of the most valuable entities in the world.

He’s been controversial, too, leading the development of AWS’ Rekognition facial recognition software and vociferously defending it when law enforcement has been accused of misusing it.

Mr. Jassy has been diplomatic, making sure that AWS has largely avoided the crises that have ensnared other digital entities nested inside Amazon, despite the glare of scrutiny from both regulators and