History of the Amazon

 

Amazon.com is an online store that sells books, movies, games, DVDs, music CDs, computer software, and other items. Amazon.com is the largest online store for now. Founded in May 1994 in Manhattan by Jeff Bezos, a worker at DE Shaw.

Type : Public (NASDAQ: AMZN)
                 S&P 500 Component
Industry : Retail
Established : 1994
Founder : Jeffrey P. Bezos
Head Office : Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Service Area : Worldwide
Key people : Jeffrey P. Bezos
(Chairman, CEO, & President), Tom Szkutak
(CFO)
Amazon.com
A9.com
Alexa Internet
IMDb
Product : Kindle
Audible.com
Amazon Web Services 
Endless.com 
A2Z Development
Alexa.com
Revenue : ▲ U.S. $ 24,509 billion (2009)
Income from operations : ▲ U.S. $ 1,129 billion (2009)
Net Income : ▲ U.S. $ 902 million (2009)
Number of Assets : ▲ U.S. $ 13.8 billion (FY 2009)
Number of Equity: : ▲ U.S. $ 5.26 billion (FY 2009)
Employee : 26,100 (2010)