Jeff Blackburn, the company's senior media officer, is to retire at the beginning of 2023, the e-commerce behemoth said on Friday.
According to the corporation, two existing executives, Mike Hopkins and Steve Boom, who will work directly with Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy, will supervise the media and entertainment operations, which have been under Blackburn's direction since May of last year.
Prime Video, Amazon Studios, Music, Audible, Games, and Twitch are among the companies.
Blackburn joined Amazon in 1998 and later held the position of senior vice president while assisting the business with its first public offering prospectus at Deutsche Bank.
He briefly departed Amazon in February 2021 before coming back in May 2021.
I've made the decision to spend 2023 differently, spending more time with my family, and I'm confident that this is the best course of action for me, said Blackburn.
According to Amazon, Blackburn has played a significant role in the previous 18 months in both the acquisition of the movie studio MGM this year as well as the success of programmes like Rings of Power.
In the meanwhile, Amazon had a wave of major layoffs in November of this year, which CEO Andy Jassy now claims will continue into 2019. Employees in the company's electronics and books businesses have been informed of the layoffs. A voluntary buyout offer was also made to a small number of employees.
Amazon has previously informed the authorities of its intention to fire around 260 corporate employees from its different operations. Amazon is providing severance packages to those who are being let go. It is one of many tech companies this year that are experiencing mass layoffs. In November, Twitter and Meta both announced layoffs that affected thousands of workers.
