杰夫·贝佐斯Jeff Bezos 57 岁退休，身家 2600 亿美元

We’ve known this was coming for close to six months now, but the time has finally come. On this day 27 years ago, Jeff Bezos set the foundation for what can only be described as a modern day empire by incorporating Amazon. Fast forward to the present and that same day will go down in history as the date Jeff Bezos officially retires – at the sprightly age of 57, with his porce finalised, a new woman in his life, and a healthy nest egg amounting to an almost inconceivable US$197 billion (AU$260 billion). Not a bad innings, considering that’s 739,489 times the median net worth of Americans at age 65.我们已经知道这将持续近六个月，但时机终于到来了。 27 年前的今天，杰夫·贝索斯通过合并亚马逊，为现代帝国奠定了基础。 快进到现在，同一天将作为杰夫·贝佐斯正式退休的日期载入历史——在他 57 岁的时候，他的离婚已经完成，他的生活中多了一个新女人，一个健康的积蓄几乎相当于 难以想象的 1970 亿美元。 考虑到这是 65 岁美国人的净资产中位数的 739,489 倍，这不是一局糟糕的比赛。

Transitioning into the role of executive chairman, Bezos will be replaced by former ‘shadow adviser’ and head of Amazon Web Services: Andy Jassy. The two men first encountered one another during a game of “broomball” – a fusion of football and lacrosse invented by another Amazon executive which apparently remains popular amongst the corporate structure today.担任执行主席一职的贝索斯将被前“影子顾问”兼亚马逊网络服务负责人安迪·贾西 (Andy Jassy) 取代。 两人第一次相遇是在一场“扫帚球”比赛中——一种由另一位亚马逊高管发明的足球和长曲棍球的融合，显然在今天的公司结构中仍然很受欢迎。

Jassy, who had just graduated from Harvard Business School to join the operation, made a strong first impression with Bezos… by (accidentally) clubbing him over the head with a kayak paddle. Of course, as painful as that moment must have been for all parties involved – albeit in two different senses – the incident didn’t hurt Jassy’s career prospects one bit. Quite the opposite, in fact. Ascending up the ranks in quick fashion, according to The Guardian, Bezos recognised that Jassy was “almost as competitively driven as he was” early on. Clearly.Jassy 刚刚从哈佛商学院毕业并加入了该公司，他给贝索斯留下了强烈的第一印象……（不小心）用皮划艇桨在他头上捶打。 当然，对于所有相关方来说，那一刻一定是痛苦的——尽管在两种不同的意义上——这件事并没有对贾西的职业前景造成丝毫影响。 事实上恰恰相反。 据《卫报》报道，贝佐斯以快速的方式晋升，很早就意识到贾西“几乎和他一样有竞争力”。