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Amazon

(亚马逊)

Amazon

亚马逊

Incorporated as “Cadabra” in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, the company went online the following year as amazon.com. It started as an online bookstore but soon diversified into DVDs, CDs, MP3 downloads, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewellery. Apart from online retailing, Amazon also produces consumer electronics, notably the Amazon Kindle e-book reader and the Kindle Fire tablet computer, and provides cloud computing services.

Chairman / President

Jeff Bezos

CFO / Finance Director

Brian Olsavsky

Industry

Internet

Website

amazon.com

Headquarters address

Seattle, Washington and Arlington, Virginia, U.S.

Stock Code

NASDAQ: AMZN

Year founded

1994

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