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History of Amazon
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Jeff Bezos begins to notice how well the internet is doing.
Jeff begins to think it'd be a smart idea to make a website, this early on in the internet. -
The Company was Founded
The company was founded by Jeff Bezos in his garage in Bellevue, Washington. Bezos made the company due to his regrets of not having gotten into the internet business sooner -
Amazon begins as an online Bookstore
Amazon started off selling only books, soon later expanding offering many other things -
Amazon gets on the stock market
Amazon enters the NASDAQ stock market -
Amazon acquires the company PlanetAll
Amazon gains control of the social networking site and begins integrating their software into their website. -
Jeff Bezos named Man of the Year
Time Magazine names Jeff Bezos man of the year recognizing the success of his company. -
A9.com created
A9.com created by Amazon, aiming at producing technology advances in search and advertising. -
Lab126 founded as a subsidiary
Lab 126 manufactures Amazon's Kindle devices -
AmazonFresh enters Beta
Amazon revives the ordering groceries online market, and delivers groceries online too several residents of Seattle -
Amazon adds the Kindle into their lines of products
Amazon starts selling the Kindle as one of their newest items, it's able to buy and download books of all sorts -
Acquired Zappos
Amazon acquires the shoe selling website Zappos -
Amazon joins in on the Tablet Computer Industry
Amazon makes the Kindle Fire
