>Help me understand why you would delete your AWS account if the company and email address are unchanged - I can’t see the motivation.

Have you ever worked in a company of any size or complexity before?

1. Multiple accounts at the same company, spun up by different teams (either different departments, regions, operating divisions, or whatever) and eventually they want to consolidate

2. Acquisitions: Company A buys Company B, an admin at Company A takes over AWS account for Company B, then they eventually work on consolidating it down to one account

In our case, this is exactly what happened. An acquisition of a company where their AWS accounts that were inherited were no longer needed.