Amazon officially announces Panay as new device, services chief
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Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced on Thursday that Panos Panay, the ex product chief at Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), will take over for Dave Limp as the tech giant's new devices and services leader.
In a statement, Amazon (AMZN) said Panay will start at the end of October, after having spent more than 19 years at Microsoft, where he held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer.

Earlier this month, it was reported Panay would replace Limp as Amazon's head of devices. Amazon said in August that Limp was stepping down from his role for 14 years, after he helped usher in the Kindle, Fire TV, Alexa and Echo devices and services.
It was recently reported that Limp, who made his last public appearance at Amazon's device event on September 20th, would head up Blue Origin, the aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor founded by Amazon (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos.


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