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Amazon has advanced India head Amit Agarwal as worldwide senior VP, which puts him among the $107-billion organization’s second level of official pioneers.

Agarwal, who was VP till now, will keep on remaining in India and head the India operations, which the organization sees rising as its second greatest market in a couple of years, after its home market, the US.

Agarwal, who was prior an official colleague and specialized counsel to Amazon organizer Jeff Bezos, has been climbing rapidly up the official chain of command at Amazon, an affirmation of the achievement the organization has had in the Indian web based business showcase. Amazon affirmed the advancement, including that Agarwal, regardless of his bigger worldwide part, will keep on heading the India operations of the retailer.

In an inward mail to workers, Bezos praised Agarwal. “If it’s not too much trouble go along with me in giving congra tulations to Amit. These advancements are very much earned and we express gratitude toward them. Also, our clients and representatives are fortunate to have them,” the short email said.

Having joined the organization in 1999, in the product improvement group, the IIT-Kanpur graduate was VP, universal extension before going to India, his second stretch in the nation.

A year ago, Agarwal was accepted into Bezos’ S-group, an arrangement of senior (the S remains for senior) pioneers who have an immediate line to Bezos and assume an essential part in imperative choices that the online business behemoth makes. Agarwal was paid somewhat more than Rs 3 crore as pay for the 2016 monetary year, as per archives documented with the enlistment center of organizations (ROC).

A senior VP (SVP) is the third most elevated rank in Amazon, after the (CEO) and president. Amazon originator Jeff Bezos fills in as director, president and CEO.

So Agarwal now is among the organization’s second level official initiative group. The organization’s business improvement head and the (CFO) likewise hold the SVP rank.

It is not clear what number of senior VPs Amazon presently has.

The organization site has names of four SVPs in the initiative group. An exposure made to the business sectors in 2010 records 10 SVPs in the organization. The most generously compensated official in Amazon is likewise a SVP – Diego Piacentini, Agarwal’s previous manager.

Presently Agarwal reports straightforwardly to Jeff Bezos.

Amazon, in any case, has been narrowing the hole with its Indian opponent Flipkart and has made more than $3 billion in interests in the nation.