Amazon

Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

It is considered one of the Big Five American technology companies, alongside Alphabet (parent company of Google), Apple, Meta (parent company of Facebook) and Microsoft.

Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994. Initially an online marketplace for books, it has expanded into a multitude of product categories, a strategy that has earned it the moniker The Everything Store.

It has multiple subsidiaries including Amazon Web Services (cloud computing), Zoox (autonomous vehicles),  Kuiper Systems (satellite Internet), and Amazon Lab126 (computer hardware R&D).

Founded: 1994
Industry: Internet Retail, Conglomerate
Total Value: $1549.79B
Earnings: $554.028B
Employees: 1,684,853 

* All info updated to 2023

Workplace
#7 in Best Workplaces for Innovators(FAST COMPANY 2023)

#10 Best Workplaces for Millennials (Fortune 100, 2022)

Corporate Social Responsibility
Bronze in Green World Awards (2023)

Platinum in The Catalyst Business Commitment (2022)

Business
#2 in Best Cloud Services (Harvard Business Review, 2023)

#1 The Cloud 100 (FAST COMPANY, 2022)