Amazon is a publicly traded multinational technology company founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company began as an online bookseller and expanded into a diversified platform offering e-commerce marketplaces, cloud computing, digital streaming, advertising, and consumer devices. Amazon operates through segments that include online and physical retail, third-party seller services, subscription services, and Amazon Web Services, which provides cloud infrastructure and related services to enterprises, governments, and developers globally.
The company’s headquarters is located in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, where it maintains a large urban campus consisting of multiple office buildings that support executive leadership, corporate functions, and product development teams. Amazon has also established a second major headquarters presence in Arlington, Virginia, commonly referred to as HQ2, to support East Coast operations and long-term growth. Amazon is publicly held and trades on the Nasdaq. Over time, the company has grown into one of the world’s largest enterprises by revenue, with a broad international footprint that includes offices, fulfillment centers, and technology hubs across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other regions.
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