Amazon CEO welcomes release of employee Sasha Troufanov

After silence since October 7, 2023, the CEO of Amazon Andy Jassy welcomed SASHA TROWRFANOV, the president, an electrical engineer in the Amazon Annapurna Labs unit.

Jassy wrote in an email to the employees, “I am incredibly relieved to share news that our teammate AWS Sasha Tarkfanov, which has been held hostage since the October 7, 2023 attacks in Israel, has been released from families. His mother, Jeddah and his girlfriend, and during that time his father was killed. His mother, Jeddah and his girlfriend were released in November 2023. Since we learned of the kidnapping of Sasha and his family, we had a dedicated team that was working behind the summary for them and their safety (including lack of comment openly in fear that we are We will negatively affect their ability to release them or how they were treated in captivity.

Gasi continued, it was a very great time for everyone who knows and cares about Sasha – a lot of anxiety and feelings of impotence. But he cannot deal with what Sasha and his family went through and we will continue to support them and do everything we can to help them recover. I share your gratitude and relief from Sasha and other hostages today. My heart goes out to everyone affected by war and I still hope that we will get a long -term peaceful path. “

Since Recrofanov has been seized as hostages, Amazon has conducted a complete silence policy on the issue of its employee in Tel Aviv, with the exception of some of the internal events that the company's management is arranged. Neta Yesod-Alon, a good girlfriend of Troufanov, told “Globes” in the past that Amazon has advised consultants in hostages negotiations not to make Trowrfanov a symbol.

It was published by Globes, Israel Business News – En.globes.co.il – on February 16, 2025.

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