History of Amazon

1 week ago - 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. Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos from his garage in Bellevue, Washington, on July 5, 1997. Initially an online marketplace for books, it has expanded ...

July 16, 2025 - Amazon launched on July 16, 1995, with a million book titles and a vision. Learn how Jeff Bezos turned it into a $2 trillion empire over 30 years.

Amazon.com is a Seattle, Washington–based e-commerce and cloud computing giant whose humble beginnings can be traced to founder Jeff Bezos’s garage, where he began selling books on the still-emerging World Wide Web.

A comprehensive visual history of Amazon.com from 1995 to 2025. See a gallery of the Amazon.com evolution from the beginning to present day.

July 11, 2019 - Amazon is founded in 1994, as was Old Navy.

After Jeff Bezos first launched Amazon in his garage, here’s a timeline of how the company grew from an online bookseller to a major part of our everyday lives.

November 11, 2024 - Amazon is now worth $2,190,000,000,000

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Shortly after developing a beta version of his website at a rental house in Bellevue, Bezos moved Amazon into cramped quarters in the SODO neighborhood south of downtown Seattle. Amazon.com officially launched on July 16, 1995, selling $12,000 ...

July 5, 2024 - Jeff Bezos founded the e-commerce giant in his garage 30 years ago. NPR's Andrew Mambo talks with business reporter Alina Selyukh about how Bezos built an empire and what's next for the company.

The elevation of the man behind the Cloud while Jeff Bezos relinquishes day-to-day control, comes at a critical time for Amazon

May 31, 2025 - Bezos argued that to succeed as an online retailer; Amazon must “Get Big Fast.” And grow it did. By December 1996, the company’s customer base had grown to 180,000. By October of the year, this figure had leaped to around 1,000,000 registered accounts. Revenues had reached about $148 million in 1997, a significant jump from about $16 million in 1996. Jeff Bezos is, today, one of the world’s richest men.

2 days ago - Amazon has a reputation as a disruptor of industries through technological innovation and aggressive reinvestment of profits into capital expenditures. As of 2023, it is the world's largest online retailer and marketplace, smart speaker provider, ...

July 5, 2019 - Today, 25 years on from when it started, Amazon is one of the most valuable public companies in the world, with Mr Bezos now the world's richest man, thanks to his invention.

May 27, 2025 - On July 5, 1994, Princeton graduate and entrepreneur Jeff Bezos founds Cadabra—a twist on the magic word “Abracadabra”—which is initially just an online bookstore run out of his garage in Bellevue, Washington.

July 5, 2024 - Amazon is celebrating a big birthday: 30 years since Jeff Bezos officially filed the paperwork to incorporate Cadabra Inc., which was Amazon’s original name, on July 5, 1994.

July 16, 2025 - This post celebrates the 30th anniversary of the launch of Amazon.com on July 16, 1995. See the timeline and the interesting logos over time.