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Formerly called
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Cadabra, Inc. (1994–1995) |
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| ISIN | US0231351067 |
| Industry | Online shopping |
| Founded | July 5, 1994 |
| Founder | Jeff Bezos |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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| Revenue |
 US$177.86 billion (2017) |
 US$4.106 billion (2017) |
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US$3.033 billion (2017) |
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| Total assets |
US$131.31 billion (2017) |
| Total equity |
US$27.709 billion (2017) |
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Number of employees
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566,000 (2017) |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | amazon |
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amazon.com homepage
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Type of site
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E-commerce |
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| Owner | Amazon.com |
| Slogan(s) | Work hard, have fun, make history |
| Website |
amazon |
| Alexa rank |
 10 (Global, January 2018[update])
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| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1995 |
| Current status | Online |
| Written in | C++ and Java |
Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon (/ˈæməˌzɒn/), is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle, Washington that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994. The tech giant is the largest Internet retailer in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization, and second largest after Alibaba Group in terms of total sales. The amazon.com website started as an online bookstore and later diversified to sell video downloads/streaming, MP3 downloads/streaming, audiobook downloads/streaming, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry. The company also produces consumer electronics—Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Echo—and is the world's largest provider of cloud infrastructure services (IaaS and PaaS). Amazon also sells certain low-end products under its in-house brand AmazonBasics.
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