10 Things You Didn't Know About Amazon.com, Inc.

10 Things You Didn't Know About Amazon.com, Inc.

Despite the fact that millions of people purchase items from Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) every day, there are some interesting aspects to the e-commerce giant that many people are not aware of.

Here are 10 things about Amazon you may not yet know.

Jeff Bezos left investment firm D.E Shaw in 1994 to start Amazon.com, only months before he was scheduled to receive a guaranteed multi-million-dollar bonus. Why would he take such a risk? Bezos once told Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner that he left to start Amazon because he was enticed by the astounding growth rates of e-commerce -- and did not want to miss out on what he (rightfully) believed to be an incredible opportunity.

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