History of Amazon

There's a lot to know about the powerhouse brand Amazon, from almost being named "cadabra," to its Seattle HQ dog park. Here are more fun facts.

Amazon.com, Inc. is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Since humble beginnings as an online book retailer, Amazon has gone on to become one of largest and most important companies in the world. Here are some of Amazon's top acquisitions and subsidiaries.

Introduction This startup story features Jeffrey P. Bezos, the innovative founder of Amazon. The company, which now generates over $61 Billion in Revenue and holds the title as the world’s largest  online retailer, was started out of Bezos’s garage at 30 years old. Amazon Stats: Industry: Online Retailing Annual Revenue: $61.09 Billion # of Employees: …

Amazon is good for customers. But is it good for books?

Emerging entrepreneurs can learn valuable lessons from Bezos's approach.

How did it explode from an online bookseller to what it is now? Here's a look at the making of a high-tech conglomerate

Ever wonder how Amazon came to be? Find out in this detailed timeline from ChannelAdvisor. We show you how the marketplace giant went from Jeff Bezos’ garage in 1994 to international phenomenon.

Here's the story of how Jeff Bezos started Amazon.com out of his garage, and turned it into the biggest eCommerce site of all time, making Jeff Bezos the ric...

When Amazon.com started out selling books online, Jeff Bezos had a plan to become more than just an e-commerce store.

On this day in 1995, Amazon officially opens for business as an online bookseller. Within a month, the fledgling retailer had shipped books to all 50 U.S.