Reviewing Amazon’s Success as Earth’s
Amazon has become a global e-commerce company offering a broad array of services and products from groceries, digital content, and online retail to electronics and computing services. In the United States, Amazon is the leading e-retailer, generating $386 billion in 2020. With about 200 million Amazon Prime members across the world, the brand is considered one of the world’s most valuable. Amazon’s existence can be traced back to its founder Jeff Bezos’ time at the D.E. Shaw hedge fund. After joining the company, Jeff Bezos rose quickly through the ranks to become a vice president. His new job description included making note of novel business opportunities for the Internet. Accordingly, Bezos made a list of 20 products he believed could successfully be sold online. However, the company did not believe in the products. Convinced that the Internet was a revolutionary thing, and that not participating in it might prove to be a huge mistake, Jeff Bezos left the company. Interestingly, Am...