3. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
• AMZN share price:$596.38, +$283.99 (90.91%) since Jan 2015
• 52 week spread:$299.33 – $696.44
• Total revenue:~$89b,Gross profit:~$26.2b (2014)
• 220,000+ employees
4. HISTORY
• Founded in 1994 as an online bookstore
• Jeff Bezos – founder and CEO
• Expanded in many areas
• 1998 – online music and videos
• 1999 – electronics,toys,tools
• 2007 – e-Readers (Kindle)
• Turned first net quarter profit in 2001
5. WHAT’S HOT?
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Used by Netflix,NASA, Comcast,Slack,Airbnb
• Amazon.com
• Amazon Prime
• Especially around the holidays
6. WHAT’S HOT?
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Used by Netflix,NASA, Comcast,Slack,Airbnb
• Amazon.com
• Amazon Prime
• Especially around the holidays
• Fire
7. WHAT’S HOT?
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Used by Netflix,NASA, Comcast,Slack,Airbnb
• Amazon.com
• Amazon Prime
• Especially around the holidays
• Fire
8. SECRET SAUCE
• Variety (Fearless)
• “Everything store”
• Long term focus
• Innovation to make life easier
• Speed of delivery
• Drones
• Low prices
• Customer satisfaction (refunds)
10. PREDICTION
• Amazon will succeed
• Customers rely on it
• Bezos’s long term thinking
• Tough times are over
• Possible points of failure
• Wide variety brings heavy competition