About Amazon

ca-pub-8661721898834303 Amazon.com, Inc.[6] (/ˈæməzɒn/), is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies along with Google, Apple, and Facebook.[7][8][9] Amazon.com, Inc. Amazon logo.svg Seattle Spheres on May 10, 2018.jpg The Amazon Spheres, part of the Amazon headquarters campus in Seattle Trade name Amazon Formerly Cadabra, Inc. (1994–95) Type Public Traded as NASDAQ: AMZN NASDAQ-100 component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component ISIN US0231351067 Industry Cloud computing E-commerce Artificial intelligence Consumer electronics Digital distribution Founded July 5, 1994; 25 years ago in Bellevue, Washington Founder Jeff Bezos Headquarters Seattle, Washington and Arlington, Virginia, United States Area served Worldwide Key people Jeff Bezos (chairman, president and CEO) Werner Vogels (CTO) Products Amazon EchoAmazon FireAmazon Fire TVAmazon Fire OSAmazon Kindle Services Amazon.comAmazon AlexaAmazon AppstoreAmazon MusicAmazon PrimeAmazon Prime VideoAmazon web services Revenue Increase US$232.887 billion (2018) Operating income Increase US$12.421 billion (2018) Net income Increase US$10.073 billion (2018) Total assets Decrease US$162.648 billion (2018) Total equity Decrease US$43.549 billion (2018) Number of employees Increase 647,500 (2018) Subsidiaries A9.comAbeBooksAmazon AirAlexa InternetAmazon BooksAmazon Game StudiosAmazon Lab126Amazon Logistics, Inc.Amazon PublishingAmazon RoboticsAmazon.com ServicesAmazon StudiosAudibleBody LabsAWSBook DepositoryComiXologyGoodreadsGraphiqIMDbRingSouq.comTwitch InteractiveWhole Foods MarketWootZappos Website Amazon is known for its disruption of well-established industries through technological innovation and mass scale.[10][11][12] It is the world's largest e-commerce marketplace, AI assistant provider, and cloud computing platform[13] as measured by revenue and market capitalization.[14] Amazon is the largest Internet company by revenue in the world.[15] It is the second largest private employer in the United States[16] and one of the world's most valuable companies. Amazon is the second largest technology company by revenue. Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994, in Bellevue, Washington. The company initially started as an online marketplace for books but later expanded to sell electronics, software, video games, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry. In 2015, Amazon surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the United States by market capitalization.[17] In 2017, Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market for $13.4 billion, which vastly increased Amazon's presence as a brick-and-mortar retailer.[18] In 2018, Bezos announced that its two-day delivery service, Amazon Prime, had surpassed 100 million subscribers worldwide.[19][20] Amazon distributes downloads and streaming of video, music, audiobook through its Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, and Audible subsidiaries. Amazon also has a publishing arm, Amazon Publishing, a film and television studio, Amazon Studios, and a cloud computing subsidiary, Amazon Web Services. It produces consumer electronics including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Echo devices. In addition, Amazon subsidiaries also include Ring, Twitch.tv, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb. Among various controversies, the company has been criticized for technological surveillance overreach,[21] a hyper-competitive and demanding work culture,[22] tax avoidance,[23] and anti-competitive practices.