Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +2.27 percent announced late Friday that Andrew Jassy, the company’s new chief executive, will receive an estimated eight-figure stock award when he starts his new job. Amazon said it gave Jassy 61,000 shares of restricted stock that will vest over the next ten years in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That works out to just about $215 million at Friday’s closing price of $3,510.98. Jassy will join Amazon’s board of directors after leading the highly profitable Amazon Web Services since its inception in 2006. Just before his scheduled trip into space later this month, Jeff Bezos will officially step down as CEO on Monday, while keeping his position as chairman./n
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