Microsoft nabs AWS exec in cloud rivals leadership shakeup
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Microsoft nabs AWS exec in cloud rivals leadership shakeup
Microsoft has reportedly nabbed longtime Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud leader Charlie Bell as a corporate vice president in a move CNBC calls “victory” for Microsoft. The Wall Street Journal notes it marks a “rare jump of a senior executive between the cloud-computing industry’s leading rivals.”
A longtime AWS leader with more than 20 years at the company, Bell was a senior vice president at AWS, where he helped grow the company’s S3 and EC2 offerings. Bell also previously has a stint at Oracle. (There’s gotta be a multi-cloud joke here somewhere.)
Insider reports Amazon sources point to Bell’s bailing as an example of “a brain drain at the highest levels of the company.”
News of Bell’s abrupt departure broke earlier this month in a leadership shakeup following Andy Jassy’s move from AWS CEO to Amazon CEO. (Bell was considered to be a frontrunner for the AWS CEO role that went to Adam Selipsky.)
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Bell’s LinkedIn profile has yet to receive an update, but now we know he’s probably been a little busy over the past couple of weeks.
It’s not totally unheard of for Amazon to file lawsuits against employees who leave to work for competing companies. CNBC points out. Amazon, Microsoft, and Bell have not made any official comment on the move.
Microsoft Azure, the number two and rising public cloud provider, has long had its sights set on Amazon’s spot as the market leader.
Here’s what some of the cloudiest minds on Twitter had to say about the news:
Amazon Web Services insiders say Charlie Bell's exit is the most significant example yet of the company's brain drain.
Recent exec changes herald a new era for AWS — and leave a leadership vacuum that may be hard to fill, they say.https://t.co/drTrDPi1rx— Ashley Stewart (@ashannstew) August 25, 2021
The @azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets that power their careers page are almost certainly expanding this evening.
— Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig) August 26, 2021
I think Charlie is going to fit in really well. He's going to see quickly there's a world of successful people that aren't convinced only Amazon can do good things. Both Ms and amz do things really well, but different, and he'll help bridge. I'm super happy for Seattle too!
— Brian Hall (@IsForAt) August 26, 2021
Microsoft is a Titanic without a rudder. No one person can make a lick of difference there.
— Heather Has No Idea What They're Doing (@ciannait) August 26, 2021
Microsoft non-compete legal department: pic.twitter.com/KHpjYBLXhH
— EBITDA Exit Multiple (@ExitMultiple) August 26, 2021
Yes, "@awscloud and @microsoft will iron out the terms of a non-compete."
Look, AWS has a lot of very impressive people who work there, but not a single one of you is brave enough to attempt to sue *Charlie Bell*. pic.twitter.com/UQ1ANnQu26— Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig) August 26, 2021
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