Useless knowledge: How long has Amazon been around?
Amazon is so present that you can hardly imagine a world without the internet shop. But how long has the website been around and how did Amazon's incredible success story actually begin? Our practical tip will give you the answer.
Amazon - how it all started
The story of Amazon actually started very quietly. Hardly anyone expected that this would develop into a global corporation with many thousands of employees in just a few years.
- It wasn't that long ago that a young computer scientist had an idea: Jeff Bezos considered opening an electronic bookstore in 1994. Together with David E. Shaw, he developed the concept for his online bookstore, which was launched a year later in the US state of Washington.
- An initially very manageable number of customers grew to well over 30 million Amazon customers in over 160 countries.
- Last but not least, Amazon's success is due to the fact that Bezos left nothing to chance. For the company name, for example, it was very important to him that it begins with A. The mighty river Amazon was the inspiration for the company name.
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