Andy Jassy Net Worth

Early Life

Andy Jassy was born on January 13, 1968. He grew up in Scarsdale, NY where he attended Scarsdale High School. He then earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard, followed by an MBA – also at Harvard after a brief stint trying to launch a business with a friend. Andy served as SVP of AWS until 2016 when he was promoted to CEO of AWS. On February 2, 2021 Andy Jassy was revealed to be Jeff Bezos’ successor. Andy officially took over from Bezos in July 2021.

Compensation and Stock Holdings

According to SEC filings, Andy earned a base salary of $384,000 while serving as CEO of AWS. With bonuses and option grants his annual compensation has regularly topped the tens of millions. For example, in 2016 he earned a total of $36 million. In April 2018 he was given a grant of 10,000 shares which vest in chunks in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. At the time of the grant, those shares were worth $14 million. As of this writing they are worth around twice that amount.

2020 Salary

In 2020 Andy earned a total of $35.8 million according to a company filing. That year his base salary wa $175,000.

2021 Salary

According to a company filing submitted in March 2022, Andy Jassy’s total compensation package in 2021 was valued at $212.7 million. A large portion of that value was made up of a one-time special grant of 61,000 shares that were awarded as a bonus for ascending to CEO. Approximately 80% of the shares granted vest over 5-10 years. Once again, his base salary was just $175 thousand but the company announced it would double his base to $350,000 going forward.

Personal Life

Andy has been married to Elana Rochelle Caplan since 1997. They married at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. Both Andy and Elana’s fathers were senior partners at the law firm Dewey Ballantine. They have two children.

Real Estate

In 2009 Andy and Elana paid $3.1 million for a 10,000 square-foot home in Seattle’s Capital Hill neighborhood. In October 2020 they paid $6.7 million for a home in Santa Monica, California.