Amazon.com, Inc.
name
Amazon.com, Inc.
id
AMZN
summary
Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It is considered one of the Big Five American technology companies, alongside Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, Amazon started as an online marketplace for books but expanded to a wide range of product categories, earning the nickname 'The Everything Store.' It has subsidiaries such as Amazon Web Services, Zoox, Kuiper Systems, Amazon Lab126, Ring, Twitch, IMDb, and Whole Foods Market. Amazon is known for disrupting industries through technological innovation and reinvestment of profits into capital expenditures. As of 2023, it is the world's largest online retailer and marketplace, smart speaker provider, cloud computing service through AWS, and live-streaming service through Twitch. It surpassed Walmart as the world's largest retailer outside of China in 2021. Amazon has faced criticism for practices such as customer data collection, work culture, censorship, tax avoidance, and anti-competitive behavior.
industry
Conglomerate
founded
July 5, 1994
founder
Jeff Bezos
headquarters
Seattle, Washington and Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
area_served
Worldwide
key_people
Jeff Bezos (executive chairman), Andy Jassy (president and CEO)
products
Echo, Fire Tablet, Fire TV, Fire OS, Kindle
services
Amazon.com, Amazon Alexa, Amazon Appstore, Amazon Clinic, Amazon Luna, Amazon Music, Amazon Pay, Amazon Prime, Amazon Prime Video, MGM+, One Medical, Twitch, Ring, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Robotics
revenue
US$574.8 billion (2023)
operating_income
US$36.85 billion (2023)
net_income
US$30.43 billion (2023)
total_assets
US$527.9 billion (2023)
total_equity
US$201.9 billion (2023)
owner
Jeff Bezos (9.8%)
number_of_employees
≈ 1,525,000 (Dec. 2023)
subsidiaries
List
website
amazon.com