List of mergers and acquisitions by Amazon

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The Amazon Spheres, part of the Amazon headquarters campus in Seattle

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994, as an online bookstore, Amazon went public after an initial public offering on May 15, 1997, during the midst of the dot-com bubble.[1] The funds gained from the IPO allowed Amazon to grow quickly, making its first three acquisitions on April 27, 1998, less than a year after the company had gone public.[2]

After the dot-com bubble burst on March 11, 2000, several companies that Amazon had invested in went bankrupt, with Amazon's stock price itself sinking to record lows.[3] Despite Amazon's survival, the company made very few investments for the next several years, only acquiring two companies between 2000 and 2004. The company returned to making multiple acquisitions per year in 2005, focusing on acquiring digital retailers and media websites. Starting in 2011, Amazon began shifting its focus to buying technology startups to develop and improve Amazon Echo and grow its Amazon Web Services division.

Amazon has diversified its acquisition portfolio into several market sectors, with its largest acquisition being the purchase of the grocery store chain Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion on June 16, 2017.[4][5]

Acquisitions

Number Company Country Acquired on Acquired for (USD) Used as or integrated with References
1 Bookpages  United Kingdom April 27, 1998 55,000,000 Amazon UK [2][6][7]
2 Telebook  Germany April 27, 1998 55,000,000

stock payment

Amazon Germany [2][6][7]
3 IMDb  United Kingdom April 27, 1998 55,000,000 IMDb [2][6][7]
4 Junglee  United States August 4, 1998 250,000,000 [8][9][10][11]
5 PlanetAll  United States August 4, 1998 280,000,000 [8][9][10][11]
6 LiveBid.com  United States April 12, 1999 300,000,000 [12]
7 Accept.com  United States April 27, 1999 101,700,000 [13][14][15]
8 Alexa Internet  United States April 27, 1999 250,000,000 Alexa Internet [13][14][15]
9 e-Niche Incorporated  United States April 27, 1999 โ€” [13][14][15]
10 Convergence Corporation  United States October 4, 1999 23,000,000 [4]
11 Tool Crib of the North (Online and Catalog Sales Division)  United States November 9, 1999 โ€” [16][17]
12 Back to Basics Toys  United States November 30, 1999 โ€” [18][19][20]
13 Leep Technology Inc.  United States December 31, 1999 โ€” [4]
14 MindCorps Incorporated  United States 1999 โ€” [4][21]
15 Egghead Software  United States December 5, 2001 6,100,000 [22][23][24]
16 OurHouse.com  United States December 2001 โ€” [4][25]
17 Joyo.com  China August 19, 2004 75,000,000 Amazon China [26][27]
18 BookSurge  United States April 4, 2005 โ€” CreateSpace [28][29][30]
19 Mobipocket  France April 21, 2005 โ€” Mobipocket [31][32]
20 CustomFlix  United States July 6, 2005 โ€” CreateSpace [33][34]
21 smallparts.com  United States 2005 โ€” Amazon Business [35][36]
22 Shopbop  United States February 27, 2006 โ€” Shopbop [37][38]
23 TextPayMe  United States October 1, 2006 3,000,000 Amazon Payments [39][40]
24 Digital Photography Review  United Kingdom May 14, 2007 โ€” Digital Photography Review [41]
25 Brilliance Audio  United States May 23, 2007 โ€” Brilliance Audio [42][43]
26 Withoutabox  United States January 16, 2008 โ€” [44][45]
27 Audible  United States January 28, 2008 300,000,000 Audible [46][47]
28 Fabric.com  United States June 25, 2008 โ€” Fabric.com [48][49]
29 AbeBooks  Canada August 1, 2008 โ€” AbeBooks [50][51][52]
30 Shelfari  United States August 26, 2008 โ€” Goodreads [53]
31 Reflexive Entertainment  United States October 21, 2008 โ€” Reflexive Entertainment [54]
32 Box Office Mojo  United States December 17, 2008 โ€” Box Office Mojo [55][56]
33 Lexcycle  United States April 27, 2009 โ€” Amazon Kindle [57][58][59]
34 SnapTell  United States June 18, 2009 โ€” [60][61]
35 Zappos  United States November 2, 2009 1,200,000,000 Zappos [62][63]
36 Touchco  United States February 3, 2010 โ€” Amazon Kindle [64][65][66]
37 Woot  United States July 2, 2010 110,000,000 Woot [67][68]
38 Amie Street  United States September 8, 2010 โ€” Songza [69][70][71][72]
39 BuyVIP  Spain October 4, 2010 100,000,000 BuyVIP [73][74]
40 Quidsi  United States November 8, 2010 545,000,000 Amazon Prime Now - Amazon Fresh [75][76]
41 Toby Press  United States November 18, 2010 โ€” [77]
42 LoveFilm  United Kingdom January 20, 2011 312,000,000 Amazon Prime Video [78][79][80]
43 The Book Depository  United Kingdom July 4, 2011 โ€” Book Depository [81][82][83]
44 Pushbutton  United Kingdom July 28, 2011 โ€” [84]
45 Yap  United States September 2011 โ€” Amazon Echo [85][86][87]
46 Double Helix Games  United States September 5, 2011 โ€” Double Helix Games [88][89]
47 Teachstreet  United States February 2, 2012 โ€” [90]
48 Kiva Systems  United States March 19, 2012 775,000,000 Amazon Robotics [91][92][93][94]
49 Evi  United Kingdom April 17, 2012 26,000,000 Amazon Echo [95][96]
50 Avalon Books  United States April 17, 2012 โ€” Amazon Publishing [97][98][99][100]
51 UpNext  United States July 2, 2012 โ€” UpNext [101][102][103]
52 IVONA Software  Poland January 24, 2013 โ€” Amazon Echo, Amazon Polly [104][105][106]
53 Goodreads  United States March 28, 2013 โ€” Goodreads [107][108][109]
54 Liquavista  Netherlands May 13, 2013 โ€” Amazon Kindle [110]
55 TenMarks Education, Inc.  United States October 10, 2013 โ€” TenMarks Education, Inc. [111][112]
56 ComiXology  United States April 10, 2014 โ€” ComiXology [113][114]
57 Amiato  United States May 2014 โ€” Amazon Web Services [115][116][117]
58 Twitch Interactive  United States August 25, 2014 970,000,000 Twitch Interactive [118][119][120][121]
59 Rooftop Media  United States August 25, 2014 โ€” Audible [122][123][124]
60 GoodGame  United States December 9, 2014 โ€” Twitch Interactive [125][126][127]
61 Annapurna Labs  Israel January 22, 2015 350,000,000 Annapurna Labs [128][129][130]
62 2lemetry  United States March 12, 2015 โ€” Amazon Web Services [131][132][133]
63 Shoefitr  United States April 10, 2015 โ€” [134][135]
64 ClusterK  United States April 29, 2015 35,000,000 Amazon Web Services [136][137]
65 AppThwack  United States July 14, 2015 โ€” Amazon Web Services [138][139][140]
66 Elemental Technologies  United States September 3, 2015 500,000,000 AWS Elemental [141][142]
67 Safaba Translation Systems  United States September 25, 2015 โ€” Amazon Web Services [143]
68 Biba Systems  United States September 2015 โ€” Amazon Chime [144][145]
69 Orbeus  United States December 1, 2015 โ€” Amazon Web Services [146][147][148]
70 Colis Privรฉ  France January 11, 2016 โ€” [149][150][151]
71 NICE  Italy February 12, 2016 โ€” Amazon Web Services [152][153][154]
72 Emvantage Payments  India February 16, 2016 โ€” Amazon Web Services [155][156][157]
73 Cloud9 IDE  United States July 14, 2016 โ€” Amazon Web Services [158][159]
74 Curse, Inc.  United States August 16, 2016 โ€” Curse LLC [160][161][162]
75 Westland  India October 28, 2016 โ€” Westland [163]
76 Partpic  United States November 2, 2016 โ€” [164][165]
77 harvest.ai  United States January 9, 2017 20,000,000 Amazon Web Services [166][167]
78 Thinkbox Software  United States March 6, 2017 โ€” Amazon Web Services [168][169][170]
79 Do.com  United States March 8, 2017 โ€” Amazon Web Services [171][172]
80 Whole Foods Market  United States June 16, 2017 13,700,000,000 Whole Foods Market [5][173][174]
81 Souq.com  United Arab Emirates July 3, 2017 580,000,000 Souq.com [175][176]
82 Graphiq  United States July 20, 2017 50,000,000 Amazon Echo [177][178][179]
83 GameSparks  United Kingdom July 28, 2017 10,000,000 GameSparks [180][181][182]
84 Wing.ae  United Arab Emirates September 6, 2017 0. subsidiary of souq.com Souq.com [183][184]
85 Body Labs  United States October 3, 2017 60,000,000 Body Labs [185][186][187]
86 Goo Technologies  United States November 28, 2017 โ€” Amazon Sumerian [188]
87 Dispatch  United States November 2017 โ€” Amazon Scout [189]
88 Blink Home  United States December 2017 90,000,000 Blink Home [190][191][192]
89 Sqrrl  United States January 23, 2018 40,000,000 Amazon Web Services [193][194]
90 Ring  United States February 27, 2018 839,000,000 Ring [195][196][197]
91 PillPack  United States June 28, 2018 753,000,000 Amazon Pharmacy [197][198][199]
92 Tapzo  India August 28, 2018 40,000,000 Amazon Pay [200][201][202]
93 CloudEndure  Israel January 10, 2019 250,000,000 Amazon Web Services [203][204]
94 TSO Logic  Canada January 14, 2019 โ€” TSOLogic [205][206]
95 Eero  United States February 11, 2019 97,000,000 Eero [207][208][209][210]
96 Canvas Technology  United States April 10, 2019 โ€” Amazon Robotics [211][212][213]
97 Sizmek Ad Server and Sizmek Dynamic Creative Optimization  United States May 31, 2019 โ€” [214][215][216]
98 Bebo  United States June 18, 2019 25,000,000 Twitch Interactive [217][218]
99 E8 Storage  Israel July 31, 2019 โ€” Amazon Web Services [219][220][221]
100 IGDB  Sweden September 17, 2019 โ€” Twitch Interactive [222]
101 INLT  United States September 24, 2019 โ€” [223]
102 Zoox  United States June 26, 2020 1,200,000,000 [224]
103 Wondery  United States December 30, 2020 300,000,000 Amazon Music [225]
104 Umbra 3D  Finland January 22, 2021 โ€” Amazon Robotics [226][227]
106 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  United States May 26, 2021 8,450,000,000 Amazon MGM Studios/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [228][229][230]
107 Art19  United States June 24, 2021 โ€” Amazon Music [231]
108 Wickr  United States June 25, 2021 โ€” Amazon Web Services [232]
109 Veeqo  United Kingdom November 1, 2021 โ€” [233]
110 Strio.AI  United States March 7, 2022 โ€” Zoox [234]
111 GlowRoad  India April 21, 2022 โ€” [235]
112 One Medical  United States July 21, 2022 3,900,000,000 [236][237]
113 Cloostermans  Belgium September 9, 2022 [238][239]
114 Spirit.ai  United Kingdom November 22, 2022 โ€” Twitch Interactive [240]
115 Fig  United States August 28, 2023 โ€” AWS [241]

Stakes

Date Company Business Country % stake Value (USD) Refs
February 18, 1999 GeoWorks Technology  United States 7% $5,000,000 [242]
February 24, 1999 Drugstore.com E-commerce  United States 40%poes โ€” [243][244][245]
May 19, 1999 Homegrocer.com Grocery delivery  United States 35% $42,500,000 [246]
July 15, 1999 Gear.com Retail  United States 49% โ€” [247]
December 1, 1999 Ashford.com Retail  United States 16.6% $10,000,000 [248][18]
1999 Della.com Gift registry  United States 20% โ€” [249]
1999 Kozmo.com Delivery  United States 21.7% โ€” [250]
1999 Naxon Corporation  United States 61% โ€” [250]
March 29, 1999 Pets.com Retail  United States 54% โ€” [4]
February 3, 2000 Greg Manning Auctions, Inc. Auctioneering  United States โ€” $5,000,000 [251]
March 28, 2000 Eziba.com Retail  United States 20% $17,500,000 [252][253]
2000 Basis Technology Technology  United States 11% โ€” [252][254]
2000 Greenlight.com Car retailer  United States 5% โ€” [252][255]
2001 Altura International  United States 20% $5,000,000 [256]
2001 Daksh.com  United States 11% โ€” [256]
August 7, 2007 Amie Street Music streaming  United States โ€” โ€” [257][258]
March 8, 2016/March 8, 2021 Air Transport Services Group Cargo airline USA 19.999% $131,000,000 [259][260]
February 22, 2018 Greenlight Financial Technology Inc Financial services  United States โ€” โ€” [261]
May 3, 2018 Embodied Robotics  United States โ€” โ€” [262]
September 20, 2018 More Supermarket chain  India 49% $280,000,000 [263][264]
October 17, 2018 SevenRooms Software  United States โ€” โ€” [265]
February 15, 2019 Rivian Autonomous driving  United States 18% โ€” [266][267][268][269]
2019 YES Network Sports television network  United States 15% โ€” [270]
September 25, 2023 Anthropic Artificial intelligence  United States โ€” $1,250,000,000[a] [271]

Divestitures

Date Acquirer Target company Target business Acquirer country/nationality Value (USD) Refs
September 24, 2003 Scholastic Back to Basics Toys Toy retail  United States $4,750,000 [272]
December 13, 2018 Wikia, Inc. Curse LLC Gaming websites  United States โ€” [273][274]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ With an option to invest up to $4 billion

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