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Amazon.com , inc

Amazon.com , inc. Nick Romjue. agenda. Amazon history and fun facts Module 8 calculations. Amazon history. Founded by Jeff Bezos in Seattle, WA in 1994 He purchased The Washington Post last year Also started Blue Origin, a human spaceflight startup

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Amazon.com , inc

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  1. Amazon.com,inc Nick Romjue

  2. agenda • Amazon history and fun facts • Module 8 calculations

  3. Amazon history • Founded by Jeff Bezos in Seattle, WA in 1994 • He purchased The Washington Post last year • Also started Blue Origin, a human spaceflight startup • Launched in July 1995 as an online bookstore, quickly adding more products • IPO in 1997 at $18/share, currently trading at $353.65 • Bezos employed the “slow-growth” model for Amazon • First year showing a profit was not until 2001

  4. Fun facts • Amazon was almost named Cadabra, but it was changed because their lawyer misheard it as Cadaver • The name Amazon was chosen to suggest scale (the Amazon Rain Forest is massive) and because when it was founded, website listings were usually alphabetical • Every Amazon employee spends two days per year working the customer service desk, even the CEO • You can bring your dog to work • They once sold a CD for $3 billion • They’re currently making a 10,000 year clock • The current logo is supposed to depict a smile from A to Z

  5. Assumptions for Abnormal enterprise income growth model

  6. AGR through 2018

  7. Agr through 2023

  8. Continuing value and enterprise value

  9. Breakdown of value based on horizon

  10. Questions?

  11. Sources • http://amazon.com • http://business.highbeam.com/industry-reports/retail/catalog-mail-order-houses • http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/companyprofiles/a/Amazon.htm • http://www.businessinsider.com/10-mind-blowing-facts-about-amazoncom-2013-3?op=1

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