LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – David Limp will leave his position as director of Amazon’s consumer products business later this year.
In response to a story in the Wall Street Journal, Amazon has confirmed the information with TechCrunch.
Over the course of more than 13 years, Limp has served as the company’s Senior Vice President of Devices and Services.
He has served as the division’s leader, overseeing items like the Echo and Alexa and the Fire tablet range from Amazon.
The action was taken as a result of widespread claims that the company’s significant bets on the smart home had not yielded the desired results.
A whopping $5 billion in annual sales losses was announced for the business in November.
It was one of the divisions that took a particularly hard blow from extensive layoffs. As CEO Andy Jassy undertook cost-cutting measures despite economic headwinds, Amazon has overall reduced its workforce by about 27,000 people.
“Dave will remain in his role for the next few months, and we’ll announce his successor in the coming weeks,” Jassy notes.
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“I remain excited and quite optimistic about the products and services we’re building in Devices and Services—we’re at the relative beginning of what’s possible and what I believe these businesses will add for customers and the company.
Nevertheless, Jassy and Co. have insisted that the company is committed long term to consumer hardware generally and the Echo line specifically.
Last week, Amazon revealed that Alexa head Rohit Prasad would be heading up expanded efforts to remain competitive in white hot generative AI and large language model efforts.
Limp addressed the news in a blog post today, stating, “It’s time.”
The company is set to reveal a new lineup of devices on September 20 at an event in Arlington, Va., the site of its secondary HQ2 offices.
Prior to his nearly 14 years at Amazon, Limp worked at Apple and Palm.
“Under Dave’s leadership, Amazon has become one of the world’s leading innovators in building devices and underlying services that customers love,” says Jassy.
“From Kindle readers to Fire TV to Alexa and Echo, over the past decade and a half we’ve been able to invent and keep improving experiences that help make our customers’ lives better every day.”