Who’s in charge at Amazon? Moves on secretive S Team signal tech giant’s priorities

An aerial view of Amazon's Seattle campus, as seen on Aug 8, 2016. Now numbering 22 people including Bezos, the changing composition of the group provides a sense of ascendant priorities for the company, which in general gives little in the way of strategic forecasting to financial analysts and investors. The 2019 S Team additions included executives focused on cloud computing, advertising, Alexa and fashion. — Amazon/TNS

Jeff Bezos can’t set Amazon’s course by himself.

Since its early days, the founder and chief executive has worked with a small team of Amazon’s senior executives to disseminate his ideas, shape company culture, solve emerging problems and set high-level goals – an annual process that concludes in the early part of each year.