AMAZON

Full Name of the Company: -

Amazon.com, Inc.

Company logo and website: -

Global Website: - www.amazon.com

Indian Region: - www.amazon.in

About Company: -
Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology-based company in Seattle,
Washington, that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial
intelligence.
ÿ It was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994, in Bellevue, Washington
ÿ It is the world's largest e-commerce marketplace, AI assistant provider, and cloud
computing platform as measured by revenue and market capitalization.
ÿ Amazon is the largest Internet company by revenue in the world and the second
largest private employer in the United States and one of the world's most valuable
companies. It is the second largest technology company by revenue.
ÿ The company initially started as an online marketplace for books but later expanded
to sell electronics, software, video games, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and
jewellery.
ÿ Amazon distributes downloads and streaming of video, music, audiobook through its
Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, and Audible subsidiaries. Amazon also has a
publishing arm, Amazon Publishing, a film and television studio, Amazon Studios, and
a cloud computing subsidiary, Amazon Web Services.
ÿ It produces consumer electronics including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV, and
Echo devices. In addition, Amazon subsidiaries include Ring, Twitch.tv, Whole Foods
Market, and IMDb.
Vision and Mission: -
The mission statement of Amazon.com has always centred around its primary focus—the
online Amazon.com customer.
Its mission statement given by founder Jeff Bezos- “Our vision is to be earth's most
customer-centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover
anything they might want to buy online”.

Leadership: -
It was founded by Jeff Bezos on 5th July 1994.
As of March 2019, the board of directors are:
∑ Jeff Bezos, President, CEO, and Chairman
∑ Tom Alberg, Managing partner, Madrona Venture Group.
∑ Rosalind Brewer, Group President, and COO, Starbucks.
∑ Jamie Gorelick, partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale, and Dorr.
∑ Daniel P. Huttenlocher, Dean and Vice Provost, Cornell University.
∑ Judy McGrath, former CEO, MTV Networks.
∑ Indra Nooyi, former CEO, PepsiCo.
∑ Jon Rubinstein, former Chairman, and CEO, Palm, Inc.
∑ Thomas O. Ryder, former Chairman, and CEO, Reader's Digest Association.
∑ Patty Stonesifer, President, and CEO, Martha's Table.
∑ Wendell P. Weeks, Chairman, President, and CEO, Corning Inc.

Company’s Financial Health including Revenue: -

As of 2018, Amazon.com is ranked 8th on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United
States corporations by total revenue.
For the fiscal year 2018, Amazon reported earnings of US$10.07 billion, with an annual
revenue of US$232.887 billion, an increase of 30.9% over the previous fiscal cycle. Since
2007 sales increased from 14.835 billion to 232.887 billion, thanks to continued business
expansion. Amazon's market capitalization was valued at over US$803 billion in early
November 2018.

Company’s Headquarter including Branch Locations: -

Headquartered in Seattle, Washington and it has its branches in 5 continents and 17
countries.
Asia- China, India, Japan, Singapore, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates.
Europe- France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom.
North America- Canada, United States, Mexico.
Oceania- Australia.
South America- Brazil.

Competitor’s: -
Top 5 competitors of Amazon are:
1. Alibaba.
2. Walmart.
3. Otto.
4. JD.
5. Priceline.

List of Products and Services being offered by Amazon: -

1. Retail Goods- like beauty products, baby products, books, etc.
2. Amazon Prime- for free and fast delivery and movie shows and web originals.
3. Amazon Garage- lets users to add info about their vehicles and search for parts.
4. Consumer Electronics- like kindle, fire-tv set top box, etc.
5. Digital Contents- like amazon music, amazon videos, kindle store.
6. Amazon Art- an online marketplace selling original and fine art from selected galleries.
7. Amazon Business-provides registered business owners with for buying products and
supplies from Amazon.
8. Amazon Drives-is a cloud storage application offering secure cloud storage, file
synchronization, file sharing, and Photo printing.
9. Amazon Web Services-provides programmatic access to latent features on its website
10. Amazon Smile-donate 0.5% of the sale price of eligible items to the customer's
selected charity. Website- smile.amazon.com
11. Amazon Go- a store that uses cameras and sensors to detect items that a shopper
grabs off shelves and automatically charges a shopper's Amazon account, was opened
to the general public in Seattle.