Amazon.com information and comparisons with other companies
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| Introduction (from Wikipedia): | Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational electronic commerce company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. |
| Type: | Public |
| Headquarters: | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Industry: | Internet, online retailing |
| Products: | A2Z Development, A9.com, Alexa Internet, Amazon.com, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Studios, Amazon Web Services, Audible.com, dpreview.com, Endless.com, IMDb, LoveFilm, The Book Depository, Zappos.com, Woot, Junglee.com, myhabit.com |
| Revenue: | US$ 48.07 billion (2011) |
| Employees: | 69,100 (2012 Q2) |
| Website: | Amazon.com (original US site), various national sites |
| Type of site: | ecommerce |
| Launched: | 1995 |
| Key people: | Jeff Bezos Chairman, President & CEO) |
| Traded as: | NASDAQ: AMZN, NASDAQ-100 Component, S&P 500 Component |
| Foundation date: | 1994 |
| Area served: | Worldwide |
| Founder(s): | Jeff Bezos |
| Operating income: | US$ 0862 million (2011) |
| Net income: | US$ 0631 million (2011) |
| Total assets: | US$ 25.27 billion (2011) |
| Total equity: | US$ 07.75 billion (2011) |
| Written in: | C++ and Java |
| Alexa rank: | 8 (January 2013) |
| Advertising: | Web banners, videos |
| Available in: | English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese |