Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com, Inc. in 1994 and launched it online in 1995. It started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified to product lines of VHS, DVD, music CDs and MP3s, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and so on. Amazon has established separate websites in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, and China. It also provides international shipping to certain countries for some of its products.
On January 15, 2009, a survey published by Verdict Research found that Amazon was the UK's favorite music and video retailer, and came third in overall retail rankings.[4]
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| Type | Public (NASDAQ: AMZN) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Jeffrey P. Bezos |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Jeffrey P. Bezos (Chairman, CEO, & President), Tom Szkutak (CFO) |
| Industry | Retail |
| Products | Amazon.com A9.com Alexa Internet IMDb Kindle Amazon Web Services dpreview.com Javari.co.uk A2Z Development |
| Revenue | ▲ US$ 24.509 billion (2009) |
| Operating income | ▲ US$ 1.129 billion (2009) |
| Net income | ▲ US$ 902 million (2009) |
| Employees | 24,300 (2010)[1] |
| Website | Amazon.com |
| Alexa rank | 22[2] |
| Type of site | e-commerce |
| Advertising | web banners and videos |
| Available in | English, Japanese, German, French, & Chinese |
| Launched | 1995 |
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