Dave Limp (born 1967 or 1968) is an American businessman and corporate executive who is the sitting CEO of Blue Origin as of 2024. Prior to joining Blue Origin, Limp held various executive roles at Amazon and Apple.[1][2][3][4]
Dave Limp | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967 (age 56–57) |
| Nationality | American |
| Title | CEO, Blue Origin |
| Predecessor | Bob Smith |
Career
editLimp has been a venture partner of Azure Capital Partners. He has also been executive vice president and chief strategy officer of Liberate Technologies.[5]
Limp worked at Apple for about ten years.[3]
Amazon
editHe joined Amazon in 2010.[6] At Amazon, as Senior Vice President of Devices and Services,[7] Limp's responsibilities included the Amazon Alexa (Alexa)[8] voice assistant, Amazon Echo (Echo) speakers, Amazon Kindle (Kindle) devices, Amazon Astro (Astro) home robots,[9] and Amazon Fire gadgets.[10][11] Limp also oversaw Amazon's subsidiary Project Kuiper which is planning to provide satellite-based broadband internet access using a large satellite internet constellation.[1][11]
Amazon continued its rapid pace of launching new devices and services under Limp as the head of the hardware division.[12]
The hardware division under Limp was among those affected by the layoffs of approximately 10,000 employees in November 2022.[13]
Limp was involved with acquisitions of several consumer hardware companies while at Amazon including Eero (involved in routers and networking hardware), Ring and Blink (both of which are involved in security cameras).[14] The planned takeover of iRobot (most famous for Roomba), however, failed because of antitrust objections by the European Commission.
Limp was at Amazon for more than 13 years.[2][15][16]
Blue Origin
editAt Blue Origin, Limp's charges include the development of the company's New Glenn heavy-lift rocket — which will power NASA's low-cost EscaPADE mission to Mars[17] — and the Human Landing System as part of NASA's Artemis Moon exploration program.[3][4]
Limp is known to be trusted by Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon as well as Blue Origin.[3] Limp decided to join Blue Origin as CEO after Bezos proposed it to him. Although Limp's initial feeling was that he didn't know a lot about rockets, Bezos convinced Limp over a couple of months.[18]
References
edit- ^ a b Day, Matt; Grush, Loren (25 September 2023). "Blue Origin taps Amazon veteran Limp as new CEO". seattletimes.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ a b Klotz, Irene (21 February 2024). "Blue Origin's New CEO On Honing The Company's Business Practices". aviationweek.com. Aviation Week. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Jeff Bezos taps Amazon vet to speed up space company Blue Origin". cnbctv18.com. CNBC. Reuters. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ a b Wattles, Jackie (25 September 2023). "Longtime Amazon executive to take over Jeff Bezos' rocket company". cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Dave Limp". aspenideas.org. Aspen Ideas. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Soper, Taylor; Bishop, Todd (14 August 2023). "Amazon devices chief Dave Limp is leaving in latest executive departure". geekwire.com. GeekWire. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Robertson, Katie (3 March 2019). "Amazon Bets on an Empathetic Alexa". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Fortune Editors (14 July 2016). "The Exec Behind Amazon's Alexa: Full Transcript of Fortune's Interview". fortune.com. Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Weise, Karen (28 September 2021). "Amazon announces Astro, a home robot that it swears is more than Alexa on wheels". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Mattioli, Dana; Toonkel, Jessica (14 August 2023). "Amazon's Leader on Alexa, Echo and Other Devices Plans to Leave". wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ a b Brady, Diane (16 December 2022). "Amazon Devices Chief David Limp: The C-Suite Interview". forbes.com. Forbes magazine. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Weise, Karen (20 September 2018). "Hey, Alexa, Why is Amazon Making a Microwave?". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Capoot, Ashley (14 August 223). "Amazon hardware chief Dave Limp is stepping down this year". cnbc.com. cnbc. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Cunningham, Andrew (15 August 2023). "Amazon exec responsible for money-losers like Alexa and Fire Phone is departing". arstechnica.com. Ars Technica. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Singh, Jaspreet (15 August 2023). "Amazon's devices chief David Limp to retire after 13 years". reuters.com. Reuters. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Amazon Staff (14 August 2023). "Notes from Andy Jassy and Dave Limp". aboutamazon.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Daleo, Jack (26 September 2023). "Can Blue Origin Course Correct with Amazon's Dave Limp at the Helm?". flyingmag.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Chang, Kenneth (21 February 2024). "Jeff Bezos' Big Rocket Moves Into View and Closer to Launch". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
External links
edit- Dave Limp on Twitter
- Limp in conversation with Katie Couric at the Aspen Ideas Festival