Amazon.com, Inc.[1] (/ˈæməzɒn/AM-ə-zon) is an American global innovation organization zeroing in on web based business, distributed computing, internet publicizing, advanced real time, and man-made reasoning. It has been alluded to as "one of the most powerful financial and social powers in the world",[5] and is one of the world's most significant brands.[6] It is one of the Huge Five American data innovation organizations, close by Letters in order, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft.
Amazon was established by Jeff Bezos from his carport in Bellevue, Washington,[7] on July 5, 1994. At first an internet based commercial center for books, it has ventured into a large number of item classes, a methodology that deserves it the moniker The All that Store.[8] It has numerous auxiliaries including Amazon Web Administrations (distributed computing), Zoox (independent vehicles), Kuiper Frameworks (satellite Web), and Amazon Lab126 (PC equipment Research and development). Its different auxiliaries incorporate Ring, Jerk, IMDb, and Entire Food sources Market. Its obtaining of Entire Food varieties in August 2017 for US$13.4 billion significantly expanded its impression as a physical retailer.[9]
Amazon has procured a standing as a disruptor of deeply grounded businesses through mechanical development and "forceful" reinvestment of benefits into capital expenditures.[10][11][12][13] Starting around 2021, it is the world's biggest web-based retailer and commercial center, shrewd speaker supplier, distributed computing administration through AWS,[14] live-web-based feature through Jerk, and Web organization as estimated by income and market share.[15] In 2021, it outperformed Walmart as the world's biggest retailer beyond China, driven to a great extent by its paid membership plan, Amazon Prime, which has more than 200 million endorsers worldwide.[16][17] It is the second-biggest confidential boss in the Unified States.[18]
Amazon likewise conveys an assortment of downloadable and streaming substance through its Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, Jerk, and Perceptible units. It distributes books through its distributing arm, Amazon Distributing, film and TV content through Amazon Studios, and has been the proprietor of film and TV studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer since Walk 2022. It additionally creates shopper gadgets — most prominently, Ignite tablets, Reverberation gadgets, Fire tablets, and Fire televisions.
Amazon has been reprimanded for client information assortment practices,[19] a harmful work culture,[20] charge avoidance,[21][22] and hostile to serious behavior.[23][24]
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 The Amazon Spheres, part of the Amazon headquarters in Seattle, U.S. | |
| Amazon | |
| Formerly | Cadabra, Inc. (1994–1995) |
| Type | Public |
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| ISIN | US0231351067 |
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| Founded | July 5, 1994 Bellevue, Washington, U.S. |
| Founder | Jeff Bezos |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue |  US$469.822 billion (2021) |
| US$24.879 billion (2021) | |
| US$33.364 billion (2021) | |
| Total assets | US$420.549 billion (2021) |
| Total equity | US$138.245 billion (2021) |
| Owner | Jeff Bezos (9.8%) |
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| Subsidiaries | show List |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3][4] | |
