Creator / Amazon

aka: Amazon Dot Com

Alexa, open TV Tropes.

Amazon is an e-commerce, delivery, and web services company founded by Jeffrey "Jeff" Bezos in 1994.

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Subsidiaries

• Alexa Internet, web traffic analysis website that was discontinued on May 1, 2022; not to be confused with Amazon Alexa, the company's virtual assistant AI
• Amazon.com, e-commerce website
• Amazon MGM Studios, film and TV production house
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, film company, former major Hollywood studio
    • The Cannon Group (partially; others are owned by Warner Bros. and Paramount)
    • MGM+
    • United Artists
    • Orion Pictures
      • American International Pictures
      • Castle Rock Entertainment (pre-1994 library)
      • Filmways
    • Polygram Filmed Entertainment (pre-1996 library)
• Audible, audiobooks and podcasts service
• IMDb, film and media database
  • Amazon Freevee, originally called IMDb TV, a free streaming service.
• Prime Video, online streaming service
• Twitch, livestreaming service
• Whole Foods Market, supermarket specializing in natural/organic products

Related:

• Blue Origin, aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company^note Despite both being owned by Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin has a corporate firewall between it and Amazon to allow Bezos more direct control over the aerospace company without the rest of the Amazon board getting in the way.

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