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History of the Amazon : Facts and Origin

• Headquarters in Seattle, Washington, United States.• Jeff Bezos incorporated the company as Cadabra in July 1994 and the

site went online as Amazon.com in 1995.• Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified,

selling DVDs, CDs, video and MP3 downloads/streaming, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry and is a major provider of cloud computing services.

FOUNDER:

Jeff Bezos(Chairman,President and CEO)

VISION : Jeff Bezos had the vision… of a shop with infinite selection,a shop where you could find anything and cheaper than anywhere else.

Products Appstore, The Book Depository,Game Studios, Instant Video, Instant Video UK, Instant Video German , Kindle, Lab126,Studios, WootMyHabit.com,[ Shopbop , Askville

Revenue • US$ 74,452.0 million (2013) • US$ 61,093.0 million (2012)

Operating income • US$ 745.0 million (2013) • US$ 676.0 million (2012)

Net income • US$ 274.0 million (2013) • US$ -39.0 million (2012)

Total assets • US$ 40,159.0 million (2013) • US$ 32,555.0 million (2012)

Total equity • US$ 9,746.0 million (2013) • US$ 8,192.0 million (2012)

Owner Capital Group Companies (6.2%)

Employees 132,600 (June 2014)[

Subsidiaries a2z, A9.com, Amazon Web Services, Alexa Internet,Audible.com, Digital Photography Review, Goodreads, Internet Movie Database, Junglee.com,Zappos

Agarwal on Amazon’s culture

Amit AgarwalVice President and Country Manager, Amazon India at Amazon

SAYS- 1.our vision in INDIA is we want to enable customers to Discover, find and buy anything Online

2.Our fast growing categories are book, consumer electronics and a lot of diapers.

Future plans :• The Future For E-Grocery: Amazon Fresh Retains Lead, But Startups Jump In

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BIu9dpwHU

• This is the link for an amazing video• Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' vision of the

future includes 30-minute same day delivery via drones

WEBSITE :

FOR INDIA : OFFICIAL FOR (US)

A to Z everything is available + a smile for good service

Subsidiaries:

• 2004: A9.com, a company focused on researching and building innovative technology.

• 2004: Lab126, developers of integrated consumer electronics such as the Kindle.

• 2007: Endless.com, an e-commerce brand focusing on shoes.• 2007: Brilliance Audio, the largest independent audiobook producer

in the US.• Amazon owns over 40 subsidiaries, including Zappos, Diapers.com,

Kiva Systems, Goodreads, Teachstreet, and IMDb.

EXPANSION OF BUSINESS IN INDIA:

• Amazon.com Inc has invested $2 billions to expand its business in india .

• Nowadays in front page of advertisements in newspaper they are touting that delivery will be made within a day.

• And it is competing with Flipkart india.

Thank you• References:• https://www.google.com• https://www.amazon.in• https://www.amazon.com• The Economics times Newspaper