Organization Overview: Amazon

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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is an American electronic commerce (e-commerce) company in Seattle, Washington. It is America's largest online retailer, with nearly three times the internet sales revenue of runner up Staples, Inc. Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com, Inc. in 1994 and launched it online in 1995. It started as an on-line bookstore but soon diversified to product lines of VHS, DVD, music CDs and MP3s, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, etc. Amazon has established separate websites in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, China, and Japan. It also provides global shipping to certain countries for some of its products. On January 15, 2009, a survey published by Verdict Research found that Amazon was the UK's favourite music and video...

Freebase Details on Amazon.com

RevenueDate
$10,711,000,000.00 US$ 2006-12-31
Operating IncomeDate
$594,000,000.00 US$ 2006-12-31
Market CapitalizationDate
$39,000,000,000.00 US$ 2007-12-31
Subsidiaries
Alexa Internet
Companies AcquiredDate
Alexa Internet
DP Review 2007-05
Board MembersTitleFromTo
John Doerr 1996-06
Patricia Q. Stonesifer 1997-02
Thomas O. Ryder 2002-11
Myrtle S. Potter 2004-04
William B. Gordon 2003-04
John Seely Brown 2004-06
Tom A. Alberg 1996-06
Jeffrey P. Bezos Chairman 1994
John Seely Brown

MAP OF ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERS

ASSOCIATED INCIDENTS

ID: 11: 98,000 customer records compromised

  • Date: 2001-03-05
  • Records Lost: 98,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: Amazon, Bibliofind.com

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Incident ID: 11 Reported On: 2001-03-05

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Name: Amazon

Stock symbol: AMZN

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