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Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company that focuses on e-coomerce,cloud computing,digital streaming,and artificial intellegence. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world",and is one of the world's most valuable brands. It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet,Apple and Meta, and Microsoft.
Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos from his garage in Believue, Washington,on July 5, 1994. Initially an online marketplace for books, it has expanded into a multitude of product categories: a strategy that has earned it the moniker The Everything Store.It has multiple subsidiaries including Amazon web services (cloud computing),and Amazon Lab126 (computer hardware R&D). Its other subsidiaries include Ring,Twitch,IMDB and whole foods market. Its acquisition of Whole Foods in August 2017 for US$13.4 billion substantially increased its footprint as a physical retailer.