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'''Amazon.com''', founded by [[liberal]] [[Jeff Bezos]] is the United States' largest online retailer.<ref name="nyt1">{{cite web|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/business/technology-a-surprise-from-amazon-its-first-profit.html|author=Saul Hansell|date=Jan 23 2002|accessdate=Apr 26 2009|title=TECHNOLOGY; A Surprise From Amazon: Its First Profit|language=English|publisher=New York Times Co.}}</ref> After being founded in 1995, the company did not make its first quarterly profit until 2001.<ref name="nyt1"/> If individuals make purchases from ''Amazon Smile'', the company donates a portion of the sale to a [[charity]] of the buyer's choice, such as International Christian Concern.<ref name="Holiday2014">{{cite book|last=Holiday|first=Ryan|title=Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NZoiAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT28|accessdate=31 October 2014|date=30 September 2014|publisher=Penguin Group US|isbn=9780698176911|page=28|quote=You can set up a special subdomain on your e-commerce site where a percentage of every purchase users make goes to a charity of their choice (which is what Amazon did with Smile.Amazon.com this year to great success, proving that even a successful company can find little growth hacks).}}</ref>

'''Amazon.com''', founded by [[liberal]] [[Jeff Bezos]] is the United States' largest online retailer.<ref name="nyt1">{{cite web|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/business/technology-a-surprise-from-amazon-its-first-profit.html|author=Saul Hansell|date=Jan 23 2002|accessdate=Apr 26 2009|title=TECHNOLOGY; A Surprise From Amazon: Its First Profit|language=English|publisher=New York Times Co.}}</ref> After being founded in 1995, the company did not make its first quarterly profit until 2001.<ref name="nyt1"/> If individuals make purchases from ''Amazon Smile'', the company donates a portion of the sale to a [[charity]] of the buyer's choice, such as International Christian Concern.<ref name="Holiday2014">{{cite book|last=Holiday|first=Ryan|title=Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NZoiAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT28|accessdate=31 October 2014|date=30 September 2014|publisher=Penguin Group US|isbn=9780698176911|page=28|quote=You can set up a special subdomain on your e-commerce site where a percentage of every purchase users make goes to a charity of their choice (which is what Amazon did with Smile.Amazon.com this year to great success, proving that even a successful company can find little growth hacks).}}</ref>

In 1996, it was reincorporated in Delaware. Amazon issued its initial public offering of stock on May 15, 1997, trading under the NASDAQ stock exchange symbol AMZN, at a price of $18.00 per share ($1.50 after three stock splits in the late 1990s)  It has grown to be the retail company with the largest market capitalization in the United States.

In 1996, it was reincorporated in Delaware. Amazon issued its initial public offering of stock on May 15, 1997, trading under the NASDAQ stock exchange symbol AMZN, at a price of $18.00 per share ($1.50 after three stock splits in the late 1990s). It has grown to be the retail company with the largest market capitalization in the United States, while destroying thousands of community retail stores in the process.

The company has expanded from reselling goods to designing and manufacturing electronics.  It started with the Amazon Kindle e-book reader in 2007 and has grown to include multifunctional Amazon Fire tablets, Fire TV and Fire Phone brand smartphones.  Amazon is also a major provider of [[cloud computing]] services.

The company has expanded from reselling goods to designing and manufacturing electronics.  It started with the Amazon Kindle e-book reader in 2007 and has grown to include multifunctional Amazon Fire tablets, Fire TV and Fire Phone brand smartphones.  Amazon is also a major provider of [[cloud computing]] services.