This document provides an overview of Amazon, including its mission, products, customers, leadership team, and competitive advantages. Some key points: - Amazon aims to be the most customer-centric company and offer the lowest prices online. - It has over 206 million customers as of 2018 and nearly 50% of US ecommerce sales. - Shipping and product selection give Amazon an edge over competitors like Target and Walmart. - The document expresses confidence that Amazon will continue to succeed due to its secret sauce and disruptive approach in the online retail space.

1. Jared Grimes (jlgrimes)

2. “to be Earth’s most customer-centric company,
where customers can find and discover anything
they might want to buy online, and endeavors to
offer its customers the lowest possible prices.”

3. Products
For Joe, the guy who
just needs new
Tide Pods
For Tom, a systems
manager who spends all
his time maintaining
servers
For Samantha, a mom
with a part-time job who
needs to keep her kids
entertained while she’s
away

4. 206 mill
customers as of Dec 2018
49%
ecommerce share in the US

6. 1994, Jeff Bezos’s Garage

7. Amazon goes public
1997
Amazon launches AWS
2003
Prime debuts
2005

8. Amazon acquires Zappos
2009
Amazon acquires Whole Foods
2017
Amazon reaches 1
trillion market cap
2018

9. Jeffery Bezos
CEO
Brian Olsavsky
Senior VP, CFO
Shelley Reynolds
VP, Worldwide Controller
Jeffery Blackburn
Senior VP, Business
Development
Andrew Jassy
CEO – AWS
Jeffery Wilke
CEO Worldwide Services
David Zapolksy
Senior VP, General
Counsel and Secretary

10. What’s hot…

11. Secret Sauce

12. Competition

13. Online retail comparison
Target Walmart Amazon
Shipping Speed 3-5 days, 2 day on some
items
3-5 days, 2 day on some
items
1-day or same-day Prime
shipping, other items 3-5
days
Number of items sold
online
Not found 35 million 606 million

14. Online retail price comparison
Amazon is used as the base for comparison

15. In online retail, Amazon is a shaker

16. I believe Amazon will SUCCEED

17. References
• https://www.amazon.jobs/en/working/working-amazon
• https://www.statista.com/chart/4298/amazons-long-term-growth/
• https://www.statista.com/statistics/271450/monthly-unique-visitors-
to-us-retail-websites/
• https://ir.aboutamazon.com/board-of-directors
• https://lendedu.com/blog/amazon-walmart-target-price-comparison/
• https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2018/10/business/amazon-history-
timeline/index.html