Top Amazon executive seen as potential Bezos successor to leave company

A long-serving Amazon executive who had been seen as a potential successor to Jeff Bezos is leaving the company, the online retail giant said on Friday. Jeff Wilkes, who runs Amazon's giant consumer business and has been at the company for 21 years, will retire next year. Mr Wilkes, 53, who has helped shaped Amazon's unique selling point among technology companies: putting the customer first, will be replaced by Dave Clark, who currently leads the company’s logistics empire. In an email to