Amazon
Also known as Amazon.com, Inc.
American company behind the Amazon store, Amazon Web Services and Prime.
Largest shareholder: Jeff Bezos. Run by Andy Jassy (President and CEO).
Major shareholders
- Jeff Bezos
8.8% of shares (February 2026) 2
Invested in
- AnthropicOrganization
$8B in 2023–2024; $5B more in April 2026, with up to $20B more tied to milestones · since Sep 2023 source on Anthropic
- OpenAIOrganization
$50B committed in the February 2026 round: $15B first, $35B later once conditions are met · since 27 Feb 2026 source on OpenAI
Board
Jeff Bezos (Executive Chair), Andy Jassy (President and CEO), Jamie Gorelick (Lead Independent Director), Edith Cooper, Daniel Huttenlocher, Andrew Ng, Indra Nooyi, Jon Rubinstein, Brad Smith, Patty Stonesifer, Wendell Weeks 2
Before
Board until May 2026
Keith Alexander (did not stand for re-election in 2026) 2
Founded by
- Jeff Bezos
Partners
- AnthropicOrganization
AWS is the primary cloud provider; over $100B of AWS spend over a decade and up to 5 GW of Trainium capacity (April 2026) · since Sep 2023 source on Anthropic
- OpenAIOrganization
AWS: 2 GW of Trainium computing capacity, and exclusive third-party cloud for OpenAI Frontier · since 27 Feb 2026 source on OpenAI
- Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994 in Bellevue, Washington.
- Andy Jassy replaced him as CEO in July 2021; Bezos stayed as executive chair.
- Bezos is its largest shareholder.
- Amazon Web Services is the primary cloud provider of Anthropic, in which Amazon has invested.
Why it matters
- One of the largest retailers and cloud providers, and a major funder and compute supplier of Anthropic.
- Founded
- July 5, 1994, Bellevue, Washington1
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington, and Arlington County, Virginia1
- Public
- Nasdaq, ticker AMZN1
- Employees
- 1,576,000 (2025)1
- Revenue
- US$716.9 billion (2025)1
- Lead independent director
- Jamie Gorelick2
Who owns and runs it
Largest shareholder: Jeff Bezos. Run by Andy Jassy (President and CEO).
Major shareholders
- Jeff Bezos
8.8% of shares (February 2026) 2
Invested in
- AnthropicOrganization
$8B in 2023–2024; $5B more in April 2026, with up to $20B more tied to milestones · since Sep 2023 source on Anthropic
- OpenAIOrganization
$50B committed in the February 2026 round: $15B first, $35B later once conditions are met · since 27 Feb 2026 source on OpenAI
Board
Jeff Bezos (Executive Chair), Andy Jassy (President and CEO), Jamie Gorelick (Lead Independent Director), Edith Cooper, Daniel Huttenlocher, Andrew Ng, Indra Nooyi, Jon Rubinstein, Brad Smith, Patty Stonesifer, Wendell Weeks 2
Before
Board until May 2026
Keith Alexander (did not stand for re-election in 2026) 2
Acquisitions
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Investment in Anthropic
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Connections
Founded by
- Jeff Bezos
Partners
- AnthropicOrganization
AWS is the primary cloud provider; over $100B of AWS spend over a decade and up to 5 GW of Trainium capacity (April 2026) · since Sep 2023 source on Anthropic
- OpenAIOrganization
AWS: 2 GW of Trainium computing capacity, and exclusive third-party cloud for OpenAI Frontier · since 27 Feb 2026 source on OpenAI
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