The Future 50

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Amazon.com

    The amazing thing about Amazon is how fast it grows considering its size. Despite exceeding $200 billion in annual sales, Amazon’s three-year average growth rate is 30%—the type of gains typically only a startup can record. As for its future? Its market-­leading web-services business introduces online innovations with metronomic frequency, while Alexa showed a glimpse of what A.I. can do. Meanwhile it’s continually reinventing the very notion of a business model.

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    Company Information

    Overall Score16
    SectorConsumer Discretionary
    IndustryInternet and Direct Marketing Retail
    CEOJeff Bezos
    Websitewww.amazon.com
    HQ LocationSeattle
    CountryU.S.
    Revenues ($M) (Past 12 Months)$252,063
    Profits ($M) (Past 12 Months)$12,096
    Market Value as of Oct. 9, 2019 ($M)$851,793
    Employees653,300