Amazon history
Its other subsidiaries include Ring, Twitch, IMDb, and Whole Foods Market. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world",[8] and is one of the world's most valuable brands.[9] It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft. Amazon.com, Inc. Amazon logo.svg Logo since 2000 Amazon Spheres 05.jpg The Amazon Spheres, part of the Amazon headquarters in Seattle, U.S. Trade name Amazon Formerly Cadabra, Inc. It publishes books through its publishing arm, Amazon Publishing, film and television content through Amazon Studios, and is the owner of film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer since 2022. Its acquisition of Whole Foods in August 2017 for US$13.4 billion substantially increased its footprint as a physical retailer.[12] Amazon has earned a reputation as a disruptor of well-established industries through technological innovation and mass scale.[13...