$18 share price
15 May 1997 Amazon goes public
1998
June 1998
Acquires IMDB, opens
online music store
$24.63
December 2000
Opens camera and photo store,
introduces Amazon marketplace
2002
$41.88
February 2005
Amazon Prime launched
2006
$79.18
November 2007
Launches Amazon Kindle
and Amazon Music
2010
$229.71
September 2011
Shows off new Kindle Fire, Kindle
Touch and Kindle Touch 3G
$770.42
December 2016
Amazon video launched worldwide.
Makes ‘first delivery’ with drone
service Prime Air
2014
$946.02
August 2017
Acquires Whole Foods
2018
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
$1,939
5 July 2019 – Amazon’s 25th
birthday Shares rose slightly
valuing the company at $955bn
$18 share price
15 May 1997 Amazon goes public
1998
June 1998 Acquires IMDB, opens online music store
$24.63
December 2000 Opens camera and
photo store, introduces Amazon marketplace
2002
$41.88
February 2005 Amazon Prime launched
2006
$79.18
November 2007 Launches Amazon Kindle
and Amazon Music
2010
$229.71
September 2011 Shows off new Kindle Fire,
Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G
$770.42
December 2016 Amazon video launched worldwide.
Makes ‘first delivery’ with drone service Prime Air
2014
$946.02
August 2017 Acquires Whole Foods
2018
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
$1,939
5 July 2019 – Amazon’s 25th birthday
Shares rose slightly valuing the company at $955bn