AMZN - Amazon.com, Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

410 Terry Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109-5210
United States
206-266-1000
http://www.amazon.com

Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Internet Retail
Full-time employees: 840,400

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Jeffrey P. Bezos	Founder, Chairman, Pres & CEO	1.68M	N/A	1964
Mr. Brian T. Olsavsky	Sr. VP & CFO	163.2k	N/A	1964
Mr. Jeffrey A. Wilke	Chief Exec. Officer of Worldwide Consumer	210.72k	N/A	1967
Mr. Andrew R. Jassy	Chief Exec. Officer of Amazon Web Services Inc.	348.81k	N/A	1968
Ms. Shelley L. Reynolds	VP, Worldwide Controller & Principal Accounting Officer	N/A	N/A	1965

Amounts are as of 31 December 2019, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical and online stores. The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Rings, and Echo and other devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content. In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Websites, as well as its stores; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, and other AWS services, as well as fulfillment, advertising, publishing, and digital content subscriptions. Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Corporate governance

Amazon.com, Inc.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 5 December 2019 is 7. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 10; Shareholder rights: 2; Compensation: 9.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.