“And, just like for anybody else, some of those things will be really my own style.”įor Selipsky, his second act at AWS-a role he clearly relishes- is an opportunity to scale the cloud infrastructure and services business far beyond what either he or Jassy likely could have imagined when they first began working together 16 years ago.Įven with AWS now on an annualized revenue run rate of $64.44 billion, coming off its best growth rate since the first quarter of 2019, Selipsky is undeterred. “It’s important for me to embrace who I am and lead in a way that works for me, which in some ways will be consistent with Amazon and many other AWS leaders,” he said. Now Selipsky will tap his own leadership style-bringing to bear his insatiable curiosity and own technology transformation smarts-to drive AWS innovation, customer obsession and partner success to new heights. “What excited me then is the same thing which fundamentally excites me now, which is in each one of these areas within technology, there is the possibility of transformation-to transform how people consume things,” Selipsky said. “And I really did.”Įach of the technology companies he has worked for has been driven by a “missionary”-like zeal to change the world for customers with innovative technology, Selipsky said. “I thought that it would be interesting, it would be fun, and I would really learn from them,” he said of his decision to take the CEO post at Tableau. Then, in 2016, Selipsky left AWS to become CEO of Tableau Software, which he ushered through a $15.7 billion sale three years later to. Following a stint at Mercer Management Consulting, Selipsky landed at streaming pioneer RealNetworks for six years before an 11-year run at AWS, where he worked in a chief operating officer-like role overseeing marketing, sales and support, reporting directly to then-CEO Andy Jassy. That curiosity led him into a career in the technology business. “I think I’m just really curious, and so I really enjoy seeing how a lot of different people operate,” Selipsky said. “I had an amazing high school philosophy teacher who I think really helped to open up my eyes to different ways of thinking about the world,” Selipsky recalled. His family “placed a lot of importance on learning and on education and on reading,” while teachers and professors at prestigious institutions-Seattle’s elite Lakeside School, then Harvard University and Harvard Business School-helped those early sparks catch fire. “I probably had a bit of that natural bent to start with and then had people in my life who have helped to stir the embers of that curiosity or have led me to understand how rewarding and how fulfilling it can be for me if I do question and attempt to understand more.” “I really believe in being a lifelong learner,” Selipsky said in a recent interview with CRN in Seattle, three months after taking over as CEO of Amazon Web Services in July. If there’s one trait that has served Adam Selipsky well throughout his career, it’s his inquisitive nature.
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