Amazon (company)
Amazon.com, Inc. , doing business as Amazon ( / ˈ æ m ə ˌ z ɒ n / ), is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle, Washington , that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994. The tech giant is the largest Internet retailer in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization , and second largest after Alibaba Group in terms of total sales . [6] The Amazon.com website started as an online bookstore and later diversified to sell video downloads/streaming, MP3 downloads/streaming, audiobook downloads/streaming, software , video games , electronics , apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry. The company also owns a publishing arm, Amazon Publishing , a film and television studio, Amazon Studios , produces consumer electronics lines including...