Amazon (kampuni)
Amazon.com, Inc., (inafanya biashara kama Amazon), ni kampuni ya Marekani yenye makao makuu Seattle, Washington, ambayo ilianzishwa na Jeff Bezos tarehe 5 Julai 1994. Kampuni hii ndio kampuni kubwa kabisa duniani ya uuazji wa bidhaa kwenye intaneti kutokana na kipimo cha mapato na mtaji wa soko, na ni ya pili baada ya Alibaba Group kwa jumla ya mauzo. Tovuti ya amazon.com ilianza kama duka la vitabu mtandaoni na baadaye ilianza kuuza video, muziki, michezo ya video, nguo, samani, vyakula, vito vya thamani, n.k. Kampuni hiyo pia inamiliki kampuni ya kuchapisha, Amazon Publishing, studio ya filamu na televisheni, Amazon Studios, inatengeneza bidhaa za elektroniki kama vile Kindle, Echo n.k.
Amazon ina maduka ya rejareja katika nchi za Marekani, Uingereza, Ireland, Ufaransa, Canada, Ujerumani, Italia, Hispania, Uholanzi, Australia, Brazili, Japan, China, India, Mexico, Singapore na Uturuki.
Mnamo mwaka 2015, Amazon iliipita kampuni ya Walmart kama kampuni ya uuzaji wa rejaraje yenye thamani kubwa zaidi nchini Marekani. Amazon ni kampuni ya pili ya thamani zaidi duniani (nyuma ya Apple tu), kampuni kubwa ya intaneti kwa mapato duniani, na baada ya Walmart, mwajiri wa pili mkubwa nchini Marekani. Mwaka wa 2017, Amazon ilinunua Whole Foods Market kwa $ 13.4 bilioni. Mnamo Septemba 4, 2018, Amazon ilikuwa na thamani ya dola trilioni 1 za Marekani.
Bodi ya wakurugenzi
Bodi ya wakurugenzi ni:[1]
- Jeff Bezos, Rais, Mkurugenzi, na Mwenyekiti
- Tom Alberg, toka kampuni ya Madrona Venture Group
- John Seely Brown, Mwanazuoni University of Southern California
- Jamie Gorelick, toka kampuni ya Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale, and Dorr
- Daniel P. Huttenlocher, Dean and Vice Provost, Cornell University
- Judy McGrath, alikuwa Mkurugenzi wa MTV Networks
- Jon Rubinstein, alikuwa Mwenyekiti na Mkurugenzi wa Palm, Inc.
- Thomas O. Ryder, alikuwa Mwenyekiti na Mkurugenzi wa Reader's Digest Association
- Patty Stonesifer, Rais na Mkurugenzi wa Martha's Table
- Wendell P. Weeks, Chairman, President, and CEO, Corning Inc.
Kampuni tanzu
Amazon inamiliki zaidi ya kampuni tanzu 40, ikiwa ni pamoja na Zappos, Shopbop, Diapers.com, Kiva Systems (sasa inaitwa Amazon Robotics), Audible, Goodreads, Teachstreet na IMDb.[2]
A9.com
A9.com ni kampuni inayojihusisha na utafiti na teknolojia tangu 2003. [3]
Amazon Maritime
Amazon Maritime, Inc. ni kampuni inayomiliki meli zinazosafirisha bidhaa za Amazon toka China hadi Marekani.[4]
Amazon Translate
Amazon Translate ni kampuni inayotumia teknolojia ya mashine ya kutafsiri. [5]
Audible.com
Audible.com ni kampuni inayouza bidhaa za burudani ya masikioni kama vile vitabu, vipindi vya televisheni, n.k. Amazon iliinunua kampuni hii kwa dola za Kimarekani milioni $300.[6]
Beijing Century Joyo Courier Services
Brilliance Audio
ComiXology
CreateSpace
Goodreads
Lab126
Shelfari
Twitch
Whole Foods Market
Junglee
Marejeo
- ↑ "Officers & Directors". Amazon. Iliwekwa mnamo Februari 22, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link) - ↑ "Amazon Jobs – Work for a Subsidiary". Ilihifadhiwa kwenye nyaraka kutoka chanzo mnamo Agosti 1, 2014. Iliwekwa mnamo Oktoba 27, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link) - ↑ McCracken, Harry, "Amazon's A9 Search as We Knew It: Dead!", PC World. September 29, 2006. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
- ↑ Steele, B., Amazon is now managing its own ocean freight, engadget.com, January 27, 2017, accessed January 29, 2017
- ↑ Amazon Translation
- ↑ Sayer, Peter. "Amazon buys Audible for US$300 million", PC World, January 31, 2008.