Amazon

Amazon.com From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Amazon.com, Inc. Amazon.com-Logo.svg Type Public Traded as NASDAQ: AMZN NASDAQ-100 Component S&P 500 Component Foundation date 1994 Headquarters Seattle, Washington, U.S. Area served Worldwide Founder(s) Jeff Bezos Key people Jeff Bezos (Chairman, President & CEO) Industry Internet, online retailing Products A2Z Development, A9.com, Alexa Internet, Amazon.com, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Studios, Amazon Web Services, Audible.com, dpreview.com, Endless.com, IMDb, LoveFilm, The Book Depository, Zappos.com, Woot, Junglee.com, myhabit.com[1] Revenue Increase US$ 48.07 billion (2011)[2] Operating income Increase US$ 862 million (2011)[2] Net income Increase US$ 631 million (2011)[2] Total assets Increase US$ 25.27 billion (2011)[2] Total equity Increase US$ 7.75 billion (2011)[2] Employees 69,100 (2012 Q2)[3] Website Amazon.com (original US site) various national sites Written in C++ and Java Alexa rank Steady 9 (December 2012)[4] Type of site E-commerce Advertising Web banners, videos Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese Launched 1995 Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is an American multinational electronic commerce company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer.[5] The company also produces consumer electronics—notably the Amazon Kindle e-book reader and the Kindle Fire tablet computer—and is a major provider of cloud computing services. Amazon has separate retail websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, and China, with international shipping to certain other countries for some of its products. It is also expected to launch its websites in Poland,[6] Netherlands, and Sweden.[7] Jeff Bezos incorporated the company (as Cadabra) in July 1994, and the site went online as amazon.com in 1995.[8] The company was renamed after the Amazon River, one of the largest rivers in the world,[8] which in turn was named after the Amazons, the legendary nation of female warriors in Greek mythology. Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified, selling DVDs, CDs, MP3 downloads, software, video