This Day in History: , Amazon Opens
for Business.
July 16, 1995.
The brainchild of
founder Jeff Bezos, the
online retail behemoth began
simply as an online bookseller.
Named after the Amazon River,
Amazon.com was billed as
"Earth's biggest bookstore.".
The company took off immediately,
accruing $15.7 million in revenue
by the end of 1996.
In 1997, Bezos hand-delivered
the company's one-millionth
order to a customer in Japan.
Amazon would eventually
become the most valuable
retailer in the world.
In 2017, Jeff Bezos was named
the richest man in the world,
and Amazon became a $1 trillion
company in 2018
for Business.
July 16, 1995.
The brainchild of
founder Jeff Bezos, the
online retail behemoth began
simply as an online bookseller.
Named after the Amazon River,
Amazon.com was billed as
"Earth's biggest bookstore.".
The company took off immediately,
accruing $15.7 million in revenue
by the end of 1996.
In 1997, Bezos hand-delivered
the company's one-millionth
order to a customer in Japan.
Amazon would eventually
become the most valuable
retailer in the world.
In 2017, Jeff Bezos was named
the richest man in the world,
and Amazon became a $1 trillion
company in 2018
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