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  2. History of Amazon - Wikipedia

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    Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos from his garage in Bellevue, Washington, [3] on July 5, 1994. Initially an online marketplace for books, it has expanded into a ...

  3. Amazon (company) - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Jeff Bezos - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Miguel Bezos - Wikipedia

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    Miguel Ángel "Mike" [1] Bezos Pérez (born () September 29, 1945) is a Cuban-American billionaire and philanthropist who provided the initial investment to launch Amazon.com. He is a co-founder of the Bezos Family Foundation. He is the adoptive father of Jeff Bezos, the father of Mark Bezos and the husband of Jackie Bezos.

  6. Jackie Bezos - Wikipedia

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    Jacklyn Bezos (née Gise, formerly Jorgensen; born December 29, 1946) is an American billionaire and philanthropist who provided the initial investment to launch Amazon.com. She is a co-founder of the Bezos Family Foundation. She is the mother of Jeff Bezos and Mark Bezos, and the ex-wife of Ted Jorgensen.

  7. How Jeff Bezos Built Amazon Into What It Is Today - AOL

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    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 ...

  8. Shel Kaphan - Wikipedia

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    Amazon founder Jeff Bezos described Kaphan as "the most important person ever in the history of Amazon.com," [1] and Brad Stone wrote in his book about Amazon, The Everything Store, that "Kaphan was an introverted hacker with an idealistic streak and little intuitive leadership ability." [2]: 63

  9. List of mergers and acquisitions by Amazon - Wikipedia

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    Amazon logo The Amazon Spheres, part of the Amazon headquarters campus in Seattle. Amazon.com, Inc. is an American conglomerate headquartered in Seattle, Washington.Founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994, as an online bookstore, Amazon went public after an initial public offering on May 15, 1997, during the midst of the dot-com bubble. [1]