chairperson #type/person #nationality/US #source/execs
Donald Trump
Andy Jassy and Donald Trump were connected through Trump’s criticism of Amazon, which Jassy said influenced the Department of Defense’s decision on AWS in the JEDI contract.
AWS CEO Andy Jassy: Trump’s ‘disdain’ for Amazon influenced DOD … - ZDNET link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:00:40.087768
- Topics: Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, Political interference in procurement, National security of the United States
- Media:
- Orgs: United States Department of Defense, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft
- Events: Timeline of Amazon Web Services
- People:
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Jeff Bezos Praises Donald Trump’s ‘Extraordinary Comeback … - Variety link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:00:40.097666
- Topics: Presidential endorsing practice, Twitter
- Media: The Washington Post
- Orgs: Amazon (company), Blue Origin
- Events:
- People: Dave Limp
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J.D. Vance
Andy Jassy and J.D. Vance are both involved in discussions about Amazon’s treatment of delivery drivers as J.D. Vance, along with other senators, signed a letter questioning Amazon’s practices, which involves Andy Jassy as its CEO.
Sen. Murphy, Teamsters Call Out Amazon for Mistreatment of Delivery Drivers link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:03:58.902047
- Topics: Amazon (company), Amazon and trade unions
- Media:
- Orgs: Amazon (company), International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Events:
- People: Sean O’Brien (labor leader), Josh Hawley, Elizabeth Warren, Roger Marshall
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Jeanette Nuñez
Andy Jassy and Jeanette Nuñez are both involved in the development of Amazon’s new Florida facility through Space Florida’s board of directors.
Amazon Invests in a New Florida Facility to Integrate Kuiper Satellites … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:05:29.961079
- Topics: Project Kuiper, Aerospace industry in Florida
- Media:
- Orgs: Space Florida
- Events:
- People: Frank DiBello
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Jim Jordan
Andy Jassy and Jim Jordan are connected through Congressional inquiries and subpoenas related to content moderation practices by big tech companies.
Rep. Jim Jordan requests Amazon briefing over Alexa’s Trump censorship link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:05:41.844238
- Topics: Political censorship, 2024 United States presidential election
- Media: Fox Business
- Orgs: Amazon (company), United States House Committee on the Judiciary
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- People:
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Big Tech CEO’s Hit With Congressional Subpoenas Over … - Gizmodo link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:05:41.853266
- Topics: Big Tech and Congressional Oversight, Social media censorship
- Media: Gizmodo
- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary
- Events: House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas to Big Tech CEOs
- People: Donald Trump
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Chairman Jim Jordan Subpoenas Big Tech Executives link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:05:41.869123
- Topics: Big Tech, First Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Media:
- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary
- Events: House Judiciary Committee Big Tech Hearing
- People:
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House Republicans plan to hold Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:05:41.882298
- Topics: Big Tech censorship allegations in the United States
- Media:
- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary
- Events:
- People: Mark Zuckerberg
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Why Mark Zuckerberg Might Be Held In Contempt Of Congress - Forbes link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:05:41.893479
- Topics: Content moderation, Contempt of Congress
- Media: CNN
- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary, Amazon (company)
- Events:
- People: Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, Satya Nadella
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Josh Hawley
Andy Jassy and Josh Hawley are both linked through the controversy over Amazon’s treatment of its DSP drivers, with Hawley being one of the senators who signed a letter to Jassy about this issue.
Josh Hawley and the Republican Effort to Love Labor link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:06:55.829473
- Topics: Labor unions in the United States, Labor relations in the United States
- Media: The Washington Post, The New York Times
- Orgs: Delivery Service Partner program, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, National Labor Relations Board
- Events:
- People:
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Sen. Murphy, Teamsters Call Out Amazon for Mistreatment of Delivery … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:06:55.842004
- Topics: Labor rights, Subcontractor
- Media:
- Orgs: Amazon Delivery Service Partners program
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- People:
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Karoline Leavitt
Andy Jassy and Karoline Leavitt were involved in a high-profile disagreement over Amazon’s display of tariff costs, which Leavitt criticized as a political move against Trump’s administration.
Trump tariffs haven’t impacted Amazon’s prices or customer spending … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:07:33.254441
- Topics: U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports
- Media:
- Orgs: Amazon Haul
- Events:
- People: Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump
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Amazon CEO: Tariffs lead to uncertainty, but ‘optimistic’ for company link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:07:33.261825
- Topics: Tariffs in the second Trump administration, Trade policy of the Trump administration
- Media: Punchbowl News
- Orgs: Amazon (company), White House
- Events:
- People: Andy Jassy, Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump
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White House slams Amazon over display of tariff costs - Washington Examiner link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:07:33.307181
- Topics: China–United States trade war, Tariffs during the Trump administration, Tariff
- Media: Washington Examiner
- Orgs: Amazon (company)
- Events:
- People: Tim Doyle, Scott Bessent
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Ken Buck
Andy Jassy and Ken Buck are both involved in discussions regarding Amazon’s market power and antitrust issues.
Who is Andy Jassy, the longtime Amazon executive set to … - CBS News link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.000399
- Topics: Cloud computing, United States antitrust law, Parler, Mass surveillance in the United States
- Media: Bloomberg L.P., CNBC
- Orgs: Amazon Web Services, Amazon (company), Action Center on Race and the Economy
- Events:
- People: Jeff Bezos, Maurice BP-Weeks, Elana Caplan
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Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO later this year, Andy Jassy to … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.004407
- Topics: United States antitrust law
- Media:
- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary
- Events: United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on Big Tech
- People:
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy makes first visit to Capitol… - inkl link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.022159
- Topics: United States antitrust law, Amazon unionization efforts in Bessemer, Alabama, FTC v. Amazon, Texas Heartbeat Act
- Media: Politico
- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary
- Events: Cybersecurity Summit
- People: Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, Maria Cantwell, Patty Murray
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos ‘may have lied to Congress’ - BBC link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:03.044721
- Topics: United States antitrust law, United States congressional investigations into Amazon, Private label, Use of third-party seller data
- Media: Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, The Capitol Forum
- Orgs: United States House Committee on the Judiciary
- Events:
- People: Jeff Bezos, Jerry Nadler, David Cicilline, Pramila Jayapal, Matt Gaetz
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Kevin McCarthy
Andy Jassy and Kevin McCarthy were involved in a conversation where McCarthy warned Jassy to stay out of politics.
GOP leader Kevin McCarthy warned Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to stay out of … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:08:19.412141
- Topics: Corporate political activism in the United States
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- Orgs: The Walt Disney Company
- Events:
- People: Jeff Bezos, Ron DeSantis
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Marsha Blackburn
Andy Jassy and Marsha Blackburn are connected through congressional oversight involving Amazon’s advertising practices.
Amazon, Google asked to explain why they were serving ads on sites … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:10:45.984679
- Topics: Online advertising safeguards, Child pornography
- Media:
- Orgs: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, DoubleVerify, Integral Ad Science, Media Rating Council, Trustworthy Accountability Group
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Mike Johnson
Andy Jassy and Mike Johnson are both involved, directly and indirectly, in the context of AI legislation and the political backdrop of the ‘Big Bad Billionaire Bill’.
The “Big Bad Billionaire Bill” moves forward, with more tax cuts for … link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:12:23.337419
- Topics: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Artificial intelligence, Medicaid
- Media: The Bulwark (website)
- Orgs: United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, House Democratic Caucus
- Events: 2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals
- People: Scott Bessent, Jonathan Cohn, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Ruth Porat
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May 18, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:12:23.375226
- Topics: One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Regulation of AI in the United States, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Medicaid
- Media: The Bulwark (website)
- Orgs: United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Bloomberg News, Center for American Progress
- Events: 2024 United States House of Representatives legislative session
- People: John Micklethwait
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Scott Presler
Andy Jassy and Scott Presler have collaborated to host events centered on civic engagement and tech literacy.
Scott Presler The Inspiring Force Behind Political Change link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:17:00.997228
- Topics: Civic engagement, Digital skills education
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- Orgs: Amazon (company)
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- People:
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Vivek Ramaswamy
Andy Jassy and Vivek Ramaswamy are both mentioned in the context of remote work policies and their effects on talent management.
Want to Lose Talent? Try a 5-Day RTO: Sarah Green Carmichael link
- Date: 2025-06-25T15:19:05.423508
- Topics: Return to office (RTO) policies, Workforce layoffs and self-deportation
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- People: Elon Musk
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