- Amazon has been described as America's "CEO factory," given how many former execs go on to run (or help manage) major companies.
- Just look at Amazon Web Services, where alumni have gone on to become power players at companies like Tableau, Square, Intel, and Twilio.
- Business Insider compiled a list of notable former AWS employees who have become power players at other companies.
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A lot of former Amazon employees go on to run other companies - so much so, in fact, that a recent Wall Street Journal article dubbed it America's "CEO factory."
As the Journal suggested there seems to be a demand for chief execs and entrepreneurs who take in the best parts of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' leadership style - without necessarily adopting the harsher parts of Amazon's legendarily tough culture, which has been described as cutthroat.
For proof, look no further than Amazon Web Services, the company's market-leading cloud business, which has had a similar impact on the enterprise technology business. AWS alumni can be spotted founding and running companies including Tableau - recently acquired by Salesforce for $15.7 billion - $33 billion payments company Square, and $16 billion cloud communications company Twilio.
Meet 11 former AWS employees who have gone on to become power players in the industry in their own right:
