Amazon reveals new CEO of consumer business to replace Dave Clark

• Doug Herrington will replace Dave Clark as CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores.
• Herrington has been with Amazon for 17 years and is a "terrific inventor," Amazon's CEO wrote in a company-wide email.
• Clark, a top exec at Amazon, resigned from the company earlier this month. 

Amazon has named the replacement for one of its top lieutenants. 

CEO Andy Jassy announced Tuesday that Doug Herrington will become the CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores business, replacing the recently departed Dave Clark. Clark had served in the role — previously called CEO of Worldwide Consumer — until he resigned on June 3. 

Jassy wrote in an email to employees that Herrington has been with Amazon for 17 years and "is a builder of great teams." 

"He's also a terrific inventor for customers, thinks big, has thoughtful vision around how category management and ops can work well together, is a unifier, is highly curious, and an avid learner," Jassy wrote. 

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