Earnings
Amazon reports first $100 billion quarter following holiday and pandemic shopping surge
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Amazon announced in its earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2020 that AWS CEO Andy Jassy will replace Jeff Bezos as CEO during the third quarter of this year. Bezos will transition to the role of executive chairman.
The company also delivered its largest quarter by revenue of all time at $125.56 billion, pushing it past the symbolic $100 billion mark for the first time.
Shares of Amazon were up about 1% in extended trading.
Here are the results:
- Earnings: $14.09 vs $7.23 per share forecast by Refinitiv
- Revenue: $125.56 billion vs $119.7 billion forecast by Refinitiv
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