Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos is no stranger to turning a profit. In fact, Amazon, the once small online bookstore ...

Silencing any doubts about its chances on the public market, (AMZN) ended the day $54 million richer as its long-awaited initial public offering soared 30 percent above its opening price.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has changed a lot since its founding in 1994, going from an online bookstore to a market ... Learn More » Since its initial public offering (IPO) in 1997, Amazon has split ...

Here’s a look back at the Amazon IPO and how much investors could ... At the time, the “leading online retailer of books" had around 80,000 average daily visits to its website, annual revenue ...

[Editor’s note: Amazon is among NPR's financial supporters and pays to distribute NPR content.] 30 years ago today, Jeff Bezos founded an online bookstore in his garage. What Bezos eventually ...

Amazon plans to shut down global online book store Book Depository after almost two decades. The UK-based bookseller, bought by Amazon in 2011, announced Wednesday that it would cease operations ...

Amazon(NASDAQ: AMZN) is arguably one of the most recognizable companies in the world, but that wasn't always the case. The company was founded as a simple online bookstore in 1994, but its mission ...

Here’s a look back at the Amazon IPO and how much investors could ... At the time, the "leading online retailer of books" had around 80,000 average daily visits to its website, annual revenue ...

Since Amazon's initial public offering (IPO ... The answer is Amazon's leading online marketplace. The evolution of Amazon's platform beyond just selling books in 1998 really set the stage ...