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Amazon.com, Inc., [1] doing business as Amazon (/ ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n / ⓘ, AM-ə-zon; UK also / ˈ æ m ə z ə n /, AM-ə-zən), is an American multinational technology company engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. [5]
Bezos finally decided that his new business would sell books online, because of the large worldwide demand for literature, the low unit price for books, and the huge number of titles available in print. [12] Amazon was founded in the garage of Bezos' rented home in Bellevue. [9] [13] [14] Bezos' parents invested almost $246,000 in the start-up ...
In 2013, he pledged $500,000 to Worldreader, a non-profit founded by a former Amazon employee. [308] In September 2018, Business Insider reported that Bezos was the only one of the top five billionaires in the world who had not signed the Giving Pledge , an initiative created by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett that encourages wealthy people to ...
In 1994, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in his garage in Seattle. On Jan. 12, he celebrated his 57th birthday as one of the richest people in the world with a personal fortune estimated at more than ...
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The Early Years of Elon Musk. How did Elon Musk start out? Like many 12-year-olds, Musk had a passion for video games as a child. However, unlike most kids, he already had a strong entrepreneurial ...
That same year, Musk co-founded X.com, a direct bank, that later formed PayPal. In 2002, Musk acquired United States citizenship, and eBay acquired PayPal. Using the money he made from the sale, Musk founded SpaceX, a spaceflight services company, in 2002. In 2004, Musk was an early investor in electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors, Inc ...
Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and Elon Musk at Donald Trump's inauguration. (SHAWN THEW—POOL/AFP/Getty Image) Amazon will return to advertising on X after a year of absence, according to recent report.