Dave Limp Explained

Dave Limp
Nationality:American
CEO, Blue Origin
Predecessor:Bob Smith

Dave Limp (born 1967 or 1968) is the CEO of Blue Origin. Prior to joining Blue Origin, Limp held various executive roles at Amazon and Apple.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Career

Limp 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

He 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

At 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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Blue Origin taps Amazon veteran Limp as new CEO. Matt. Day. Loren. Grush. Loren Grush. seattletimes.com. Bloomberg. 25 September 2023. 8 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Blue Origin’s New CEO On Honing The Company’s Business Practices. Irene. Klotz. aviationweek.com. Aviation Week. 21 February 2024. 8 August 2024.
  3. News: Jeff Bezos taps Amazon vet to speed up space company Blue Origin. cnbctv18.com. CNBC. Reuters. 22 December 2023. 8 August 2024.
  4. News: Longtime Amazon executive to take over Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. Jackie. Wattles. cnn.com. CNN. 25 September 2023. 8 August 2024.
  5. Web site: Dave Limp. aspenideas.org . Aspen Ideas. 8 August 2024.
  6. News: Amazon devices chief Dave Limp is leaving in latest executive departure. Taylor. Soper. Todd. Bishop. geekwire.com. GeekWire. 14 August 2023. 8 August 2024.
  7. News: Amazon Bets on an Empathetic Alexa. Katie. Robertson. nytimes.com. The New York Times. 3 March 2019. 8 August 2024.
  8. Web site: The Exec Behind Amazon’s Alexa: Full Transcript of Fortune’s Interview. ((Fortune Editors)). fortune.com. Fortune Magazine. 14 July 2016. 10 August 2024.
  9. News: Amazon announces Astro, a home robot that it swears is more than Alexa on wheels.. Karen. Weise. nytimes.com. The New York Times. 28 September 2021. 8 August 2024.
  10. News: Amazon’s Leader on Alexa, Echo and Other Devices Plans to Leave. Dana . Mattioli . Jessica. Toonkel. wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal. 14 August 2023. 8 August 2024.
  11. News: Amazon Devices Chief David Limp: The C-Suite Interview. Diane. Brady . forbes.com. Forbes magazine. 16 December 2022. 8 August 2024.
  12. News: Hey, Alexa, Why is Amazon Making a Microwave?. Karen. Weise. nytimes.com. The New York Times. 20 September 2018. 8 August 2024.
  13. News: Amazon hardware chief Dave Limp is stepping down this year. Ashley. Capoot. cnbc.com. cnbc. 14 August 223. 8 August 2024.
  14. News: Amazon exec responsible for money-losers like Alexa and Fire Phone is departing. Andrew . Cunningham. arstechnica.com. Ars Technica. 15 August 2023. 8 August 2024.
  15. News: Amazon's devices chief David Limp to retire after 13 years. Jaspreet. Singh. reuters.com. Reuters. 15 August 2023. 8 August 2024.
  16. Web site: Notes from Andy Jassy and Dave Limp. aboutamazon.com. Amazon Staff. 14 August 2023. 8 August 2024.
  17. News: Can Blue Origin Course Correct with Amazon’s Dave Limp at the Helm?. Jack. Daleo. flyingmag.com. 26 September 2023. 8 August 2024.
  18. News: Jeff Bezos’ Big Rocket Moves Into View and Closer to Launch. Kenneth. Chang. nytimes.com. The New York Times. 21 February 2024. 8 August 2024.

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