PYMNTS.com September 19, 2023
Amazon is reportedly set to hire Microsoft’s product chief to oversee its devices business.
Panos Panay, who announced he was leaving Microsoft Monday (Sept. 18), will now become head of the division that makes products like Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa, Bloomberg News reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
The news follows last month’s announcement by Amazon that David Limp, the company’s senior vice president of devices and services, was stepping down. Panay, who had been with the company since 2004, helped launch Microsoft’s Surface devices and Windows 11.
“After 19 incredible years at Microsoft, I’ve decided to turn the page and write the next chapter,” he wrote on Twitter Monday.
PYMNTS has contacted Amazon for comment but has not...
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