Amazon

Summary

Amazon is an enterprise^[1]. Amazon ranks in the top 0.38% of enterprise entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,371 views/month, #3 of 800).^[2]

Key Facts

• Amazon received the BigBrotherAwards^[3].
• Amazon was a member of Alliance for Open Media^[4].
• Amazon was a member of Internet Association^[5].
• Amazon was a member of World Wide Web Consortium^[6].
• Amazon was a member of SD Association^[7].
• Amazon was a member of Zigbee Alliance^[8].
• Amazon is in the country of United States^[9].
• Amazon's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[10].
• Amazon's instance of is recorded as business^[11].
• Amazon's instance of is recorded as public company^[12].
• Amazon's instance of is recorded as very large online platform^[13].
• Amazon's founder is recorded as Jeff Bezos^[14].
• Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos^[15].
• Amazon is owned by The Vanguard Group^[16].
• Amazon is owned by BlackRock^[17].
• Amazon is named after Amazon^[18].
• Amazon's headquarters location is recorded as Seattle^[19].
• Amazon's chief executive officer is recorded as Andy Jassy^[20].
• Amazon's child organization or unit is recorded as A9.com^[21].
• Amazon's child organization or unit is recorded as Amazon Web Services^[22].
• Amazon's child organization or unit is recorded as Alexa Internet^[23].
• Amazon's child organization or unit is recorded as Zappos^[24].
• Amazon's child organization or unit is recorded as IMDb.com, Inc.^[25].
• Amazon's child organization or unit is recorded as Twitch Interactive^[26].
• Amazon's child organization or unit is recorded as Amazon Books^[27].

Body

Founding

Amazon's founder is recorded as Jeff Bezos^[14].

Identity

Part of include Nasdaq-100^[28], S&P 500^[29], S&P 100^[30], Big Tech (web)^[31], Dow Jones Global Titans 50^[32], and list of companies involved in the Gaza war^[33].

Leadership

Amazon's chief executive officer is recorded as Andy Jassy^[20].

Operations

Amazon's headquarters location is recorded as Seattle^[19]. Subsidiaries include A9.com^[21], a website^[34], founded in 2004^[35]; Amazon Web Services^[22], a computing platform^[36], in United States^[37], founded in 2006^[38], headquartered in Seattle^[39]; Alexa Internet^[23], a business^[40], in United States^[41], founded in 1996^[42], headquartered in San Francisco^[43]; Zappos^[24], a business^[44], in United States^[45], founded in 1999^[46], headquartered in Las Vegas^[47]; IMDb.com, Inc.^[25], a subsidiary company^[48], founded in 1990^[49]; and Twitch Interactive^[26], a business^[50], in United States^[51], founded in 2006^[52], headquartered in San Francisco^[53].

Industry

Industries include retail^[54], web hosting service^[55], web service^[56], and e-commerce^[57].

Ownership

Owners include Jeff Bezos^[15], a computer scientist^[58], b. 1964^[59], of United States^[60], awarded the The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal^[61]; The Vanguard Group^[16], a business^[62], in United States^[63], founded in 1975^[64], headquartered in Malvern^[65]; and BlackRock^[17], a company^[66], in United States^[67], founded in 1988^[68], headquartered in New York City^[69]. Amazon's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq^[70].

Recognition

Amazon received the BigBrotherAwards^[3].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Amazon include Amazon Labor Union^[71], a labor union^[72], in United States^[73], founded in 2021^[74], headquartered in New York City^[75].

Why It Matters

Amazon ranks in the top 0.38% of enterprise entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,371 views/month, #3 of 800).^[2] Amazon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[76] Amazon is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[77]

Entities named for Amazon include Amazon Labor Union^[71], a labor union^[72], in United States^[73], founded in 2021^[74], headquartered in New York City^[75].

FAQs

What awards did Amazon receive?

Honors received include BigBrotherAwards^[3].