Amazon is a Seattle, Washington-based international technology business that specializes in e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Along with Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook, it is one of the Big Five corporations in the United States’ information technology industry. The corporation has been dubbed “one of the most powerful economic and cultural forces in the world.”
On July 5, 1994, Jeff Bezos launched Amazon in his garage in Bellevue, Washington. It began as a book-selling website, but has now evolved to include gadgets, software, video games, fashion, furniture, cuisine, toys, and jewelry. By market capitalization, Amazon surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the United States in 2015.
Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, will formally step down from his position in the coming months. According to CNBC,…