Limp joins Blue Origin at a key phase of the company's multiple space projects.
Earlier this year Blue Origin won a $3.4 billion NASA contract to build a lunar lander for the agency's astronauts.
However, Blue Origin has since hired aggressively.
Read Bezos' message to Blue Origin employees on Monday:I'm excited to share that Dave Limp will join Blue starting December 4th as CEO, replacing Bob, who has elected to step aside on January 2.
JeffRead Smith's message to Blue Origin employees:Team Blue, It's been about six years since I joined Blue Origin.
Persons:
Limp, Shepard, Smith, Panos Panay, Bezos, Alexa, Limp's, Andy Jassy, Jeff Bezos, Blue, Bob Smith, Origin's, Glenn, –, Read, Dave Limp, Bob, I'd, we've, We've, I've, Dave, Jeff Read, It's, Jeff, I'm, Ferociter, Dave Limp's
Organizations:
Amazon, Alexa, CNBC, NASA, Blue Origin, Bloomberg, Microsoft, Billionaire, Blue Origin's, Origin, Honeywell, Shepard, Pentagon, U.S . Space Force, Elon, SpaceX, Blue, Amazon Devices, Services, Apple
Locations:
Van Horn , Texas, U.S, Alabama, Florida, California , Arizona, Colorado, Kent