Amazon ranks second globally.
"Fortune" magazine released the latest 2022 Fortune 500 list. The list shows that Walmart ranks first, Amazon second, and four Chinese companies are in the top ten.
Amazon is an American online e-commerce company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1995 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA.
In August 2004, Amazon wholly acquired Joyo.com. On July 18, 2019, Amazon stopped providing seller services to third-party sellers on the Amazon China website. In July 2021, Jeff Bezos officially stepped down as CEO of Amazon and was succeeded by Andy Jassy. ?
In May 2022, according to US media reports, Amazon plans to send more than 3,000 satellites into low-Earth orbit to provide satellite Internet services. This project is called "Project Kuiper" (Project Kuiper).
Amazon’s name includes subsidiaries such as Alexa Internet, a9, lab126 and Internet Movie Database (IMDB). Amazon began as an online bookstore and has since diversified its offerings, offering customers millions of unique new, refurbished, and second-hand items.