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The Brains Behind Amazon: Jeff Bezos

“Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online.”

Jeff Bezos

Humble Beginnings

Amazon was incorporated in 1994, in the state of Washington.

In July 1995, sold its first book on Amazon.com

Amazon issued its initial public offering of stock on May 15, 1997, at a price of US$18.00 per share

Today’s Money

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)NasdaqGSPrev Close: 185.481y Target Est: 216.7752wk Range: 160.59 - 246.71

Market Cap: 84.41B

What’s In a Name

The Mission

The Company serves consumers through its retail Websites, and focus on selection, price, and convenience. It also provides

easy-to-use functionality, fulfillment and customer

service.

Who Compares?

AMZN BKS EBAY

Market Cap: 84.41B 770.51M 42.53B

Employees: 56,200 35,835 27,770

Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy): 34.60% -0.60% 35.50%

Revenue (ttm): 48.08B 7.01B 11.65B

BKS = Barnes & Noble, Inc.EBAY = eBay Inc.

1998: Bookpages.co.uk, a UK online book retailer, which became Amazon UK on October 15, 1998.

1999: Internet Movie Database (IMDb).;PlanetAll, a reminder service based in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Junglee.com, an XML-based data mining startup based in Sunnyvale; Alexa Internet, Accept.com, and Exchange.com

2003: Online music retailer CD Now.

2004: Joyo.com, a Chinese e-commerce website.

2005: BookSurge, a print on demand company, and Mobipocket.com, an eBook software company.CreateSpace.com (formerly CustomFlix), a distributor of on-demand DVDs, CreateSpace has since expanded to include on-demand books, CDs, and video.

2006: Shopbop a retailer of designer clothing and accessories for women, based in Madison, Wisconsin.

2007: dpreview.com, a digital photography review website based in London; Brilliance Audio, the largest independent publisher of audiobooks in the United States.

2008: Audible.com; Fabric.com; Box Office Mojo; AbeBooks; Shelfari; (including a 40% stake in LibraryThing and whole ownership of BookFinder.com, Gojaba.com, and FillZ); Reflexive Entertainment,a casual video game development company.

2009: Zappos an online shoe and apparel retailer Lexcycle

2010: Touchco., Woot Quidsi, BuyVIP, Amie Street.

2011: Lovefilm, The Book Depository, Pushbutton

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