Amazon

 Amazon.com, Inc., known as Amazon (/ˈæməˌzɒn/), is an American online business and cloud computing company. It was founded on July 5, 1994 by Jeff Bezos. It is based in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest Internet-based store in the world by total sales and market capitalization.[8][9] Amazon.com started as an online bookstore. When it got bigger, it started selling DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs, video downloads/streaming, MP3s, audiobooks, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry. It also makes consumer electronics like Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Echo. It is the world's largest provider of cloud computing services.[10] Amazon also sells products like USB cables using the name AmazonBasics.

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Logo since 2000

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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 computinge-commerceartificial intelligenceconsumer

Amazon.com, online retailer, manufacturer of electronic book readers, and Web services provider that became the iconic example of electronic commerce. Its headquarters are in Seattle, Washington.

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Amazon (Amazon.com) is the world's largest online retailer and a prominent cloud services provider.

Kinza Yasar, Technical WriterIvy Wigmore

08 Jun 2022

   

What is Amazon?

Amazon (Amazon.com) is the world's largest online retailer and a prominent cloud service provider.

Originally started as an online bookselling company, Amazon has morphed into an internet-based business enterprise that is largely focused on providing e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and artificial intelligence (AI) services.

Following an Amazon-to-buyer sales approach, the company offers a monumental product range and inventory, enabling consumers to buy just about anything, including clothing, beauty supplies, gourmet food, jewelry, books, movies, electronics, pet supplies, furniture, toys, garden supplies and household goods.

Headquartered in Seattle, Amazon has individual websites, software development centers, customer service centers, data centers and fulfillment centers around the world.

History and timeline of Amazon

Amazon has come a long way since it was founded by Jeff Bezos in his garage

Cloud computing with AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.

Amazon India Limited is a 27 years 11 months old Public Company incorporated on 22 Dec 1994. Its registered office is in East Delhi, Delhi, india.

The Company's status is Active, and it has filed its Annual Returns and Financial Statements up to 31 Mar 2021 (FY 2020-2021). It's a company limited by shares having an authorized capital of Rs 250.00 lakh and a paid-up capital of Rs 5.18 lakh as per MCA.

3 Directors are associated with the organization. Atul Jain, Perinchery Vasudevanraman Elayath and Gautam Kumar Banswal are presently associated as directors.