Friday, January 6, 2017

Mergers and acquisitions

Investment

  • 2008: Engine Yard, a Ruby-on-Rails platform as a service (PaaS) company.[42]
  • 2010: LivingSocial, a local deal site.[43]
  • 2014: Acquired the '.buy' domain in an auction for $4,588,888[44][45]
  • 2014: Amazon Announces Additional US $2 Billion Investment in India in June 2014[46]
  • 2016: Amazon Announces Additional US $3 Billion Investment in India in June 2016

Subsidiaries

  • 2003: A9.com, a company focused on researching and building innovative technology.[47]
  • 2004: Lab126, developers of integrated consumer electronics such as the Kindle.
  • 2007: Endless.com, an e-commerce brand focusing on shoes.[48]
  • 2007: Brilliance Audio, the largest independent audiobook producer in the US.[49]
Amazon owns over 40 subsidiaries, including Zappos, Shopbop, Diapers.com, Kiva Systems, Goodreads, Teachstreet, and IMDb.[50]

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