Amazon.com

Date founded:

  • 1994

Founders:

Also known as:

  • Amazon

Business

Number of employees:

number date
  • 24,300
  • 2009

Venture Investments:

Revenue:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 1.9166E+10
  • Dec 31, 2008
  • 1.0711E+10
  • Dec 31, 2006
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Operating Income:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 842,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2008
  • 594,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2006
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Net profit:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 645,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2008

Cash:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 2,769,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2008

Current Assets:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 6,157,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2008

Total Assets:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 8,314,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2008

Current Liabilities:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 4,746,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2008

Total Liabilities:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 5,642,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2008

Retained Earnings:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • -730,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2008
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Awards

Award Nominations:

Year Award
  • 2009

Golden Joystick Award for Retailer of the Year Nominees

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year
  • 130
  • 2009
  • 171
  • 2008
  • 272
  • 2006
  • 485
  • 2009
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Fortune 1000 of 2009

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Organization

Address

Amazon.com Headquarters

1200 12TH AVENUE S SUITE 1200
Seattle Washington 98144

Board members:

Person Title From
  • Jun 1996
  • Feb 1997
  • Nov 2002
  • Apr 2004
  • Apr 2003
  • Jun 2004
  • Jun 1996
  • Chair
  • 1994
  • Chairman, CEO and President
  • Director
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Organizations acquired:

Organization acquired Date
  • May 2007
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Leadership:

Person Title
  • Senior Vice President
  • Senior Vice President
  • Senior Vice President
  • Senior Vice President
  • Senior Vice President
  • Senior Vice President
  • Vice President
  • Chairman, CEO and President
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Facts from the Community

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Branded Products:

From the Gift Cards base

Gift Cards:

From the Faceted Browsing base

application environment:

offers feature support:

supported feature version applies to all facets applies to specific facets only configurable by comment
  • from Sept. 2009
  • Yes
  • No
  • price
  • Only prices as a predefined set of ranges.
  • No
  • Applies to some selected facets only.
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offers widget support:

supported widget comment
  • Categories are shown as a tree with clickable entries.

offers result view support:

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