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Amazon.com, Inc. (/ˈæməzɒn/ or /ˈæməzən/) is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest Internet-based retailer in the United States.[12] Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified, selling DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs, video downloads/streaming, MP3 downloads/streaming,software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys and jewelry. The company also produces consumer electronics—notably, Amazon Kindle e-book readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV and Fire Phone—and is the world's largest provider of cloud infrastructure services (IaaS).[13] Amazon also sells certain low-end products like USB cables under its in-house brand AmazonBasics.
In 2015, Amazon surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the United States by market capitalization.
Some Interesting Facts About Amazon.in
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Traded as | NASDAQ: AMZN NASDAQ-100 Component S&P 500 Component |
| Founded | July 5, 1994 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, U.S.[1][2][3] |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Jeff Bezos |
| Key people | Jeff Bezos (Chairman, President and CEO) |
| Industry | Internet |
| Products | Appstore, The Book Depository, comiXology, Game Studios, Video, Instant Video UK, Audible, Instant Video German, Kindle, Lab126,Studios, Twitch.tv, Woot, MyHabit.com,[4] Shopbop,[5]Askville[6] |
| Services | Online shopping, Web hosting,Content Distribution |
| Revenue |  US$ 88.988 billion (2014)[7] |
| Operating income |  US$ 178 million (2014)[7] |
| Net income | US$ -241 million (2014)[7] |
| Total assets | US$ 54.505 billion (2014)[7] |
| Total equity | US$ 10.741 billion (2014)[7] |
| Employees | 183,100 (July 2015)[8] |
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