07/05/1994 AD founded
In late 1993, Bezos decided to establish an online bookstore. He left his job at D. E. Shaw and founded Amazon in his garage, after writing its business plan on a cross-country drive from New York City to Seattle.
Bezos initially named his new company Cadabra but later changed the name to Amazon after the Amazon River in South America, in part because the name begins with the letter A, which is at the beginning of the alphabet.
Seattle, WA
Lattitude: 47.6097° N
Longitude: 122.333° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 47.6097° N
Longitude: 122.333° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Subjects Who or What founded?
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Jeff Bezos (Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen) American entrepreneur, m...
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amazon.com American multinational t...
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