<P> Amazon.com , Inc. , doing business as Amazon ( / ˈæməˌzɒn / ) , is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle , Washington that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5 , 1994 . The tech giant is the largest Internet retailer in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization , and second largest after Alibaba Group in terms of total sales . The amazon.com website started as an online bookstore and later diversified to sell video downloads / streaming , MP3 downloads / streaming , audiobook downloads / streaming , software , video games , electronics , apparel , furniture , food , toys , and jewelry . The company also produces consumer electronics -- Kindle e-readers , Fire tablets , Fire TV , and Echo -- and is the world 's largest provider of cloud infrastructure services ( IaaS and PaaS ) . Amazon also sells certain low - end products under its in - house brand AmazonBasics . </P>
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founded by Jeff Bezos based in Seattle , Washington