Amazon's Dave Limp to Take Over as Blue Origin CEO as Bob Smith Retires

Dave Limp, head of Amazon's consumer devices division, is taking over as Blue Origin CEO.
Current Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith is retiring at the end of the year.
Limp oversaw development of Echo, Alexa, Fire tablets and more at Amazon.
Blue Origin is working on new rocket launches, space tourism flights, and a NASA contract.
The executive shuffle was revealed in memos between Smith and Jeff Bezos.

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