Amazon
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Birth
Amazon was officially founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos, initially as an online bookstore. The Amazon.com website was subsequently launched and opened to the public on July 16, 1995.
Growth
Amazon has grown from a simple online bookstore (1994) into a global cloud and e-commerce giant. This expansion was driven by the continuous reinvestment of profits into logistics infrastructure, the invention of Amazon Prime, and AWS cloud services.
Origin of the name
The name Amazon was chosen by Jeff Bezos in 1994, inspired by the Amazon River—the longest river in the world and the one with the greatest water volume. The metaphor was intended to represent his initial vision: to create the largest bookstore (and later, a store for everything else) on the globe.
Worldwide expansion
Amazon has evolved into a global giant in e-commerce, logistics, and cloud computing. Today, the company dominates the global market thanks to a network of over 200 million Prime subscribers, multi-billion-dollar investments in robotics and artificial intelligence, and revenue exceeding $600 billion.
Father of Amazon
The "father" (founder) of Amazon is the American entrepreneur Jeff Bezos. He founded the company in July 1994, starting in his garage in Seattle, and transformed it from a small online bookstore into the world's largest e-commerce giant.
Amazon today
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares are trading around $240-$244 per share today, marking a positive trend compared to recent days. The e-commerce platform and cloud services are fully operational in Italy, with no reported service disruptions.